Q: If a Principal is violating Court Orders, can her POA violate them too on her behalf?
1. The Principal signed a Marital Separation Agreement incorporated into a Judgment for Absolute Divorce signed by the Principal, Magistrate, and Judge.
2. The Principal failed to cooperate in the execution of these Court Orders against the advice of her former attorney so a Contempt of Court Petition was filed.
3. The POA of this ex-spouse refuses to sign/execute these Orders unless the other spouse drops Contempt of Court petition and agrees to take on debt which Prinicipal is obligated to pay within these Court Orders
A: The contempt is against the principal, not the agent, unless the principal is mentally incompetent.
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