In the Matter of Edward J. Collins (2024)

Citation: In the Matter of Edward J. Collins (2024)
Parent Document: In the Matter of Edward J. Collins (2024)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2024-09-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10281485/in-the-matter-of-edward-j-collins/ ↗

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In July 2018, the daughters moved, in their use and occupancy case in the Middlesex County Superior Court, for $14,266.81 in fees and costs, and this motion was allowed in its entirety after no response was filed on behalf of the client.  On November 29, 2018, in the same case, a judge found the client in contempt for failure to make any ordered payments and for failing to produce certain documents as ordered by the court.  As sanctions, the judge imposed a compensatory fine in the amount of $7,500 as well as a prospective coercive fine of $100 for every day that the client failed to comply with the discovery order.  Some months later, in April 2019, the court ordered the client to pay $44,666.47 in fees plus $1,724.23 in costs incurred by the daughters in connection with the contempt complaint.  The respondent had not opposed the motion on behalf of the client.  Nevertheless, he noticed an appeal from the resulting order.

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