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It seems like contempt with remedies that include a replevin writ would be a potent way to get it done. You could likely also include payment of costs and fees to accomplish the replevin.</div>
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Had not thought of replevin.. I like it!</div>
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not immediately clear to me how to get from court order to getting the sheriff out there, though. While contempt is the right remedy for refusal to obey an order, you’ll need some sort of writ to engage the sheriff. Could be a writ of replevin, maybe.</span></p>
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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good afternoon listmates. Not sure what to do with this one. Family business has been run for almost 40 years. One party has operated the physical side while other party handled all the accounting
etc. Recently it has come to light that financial side has not been paying bills, taxes etc and all the money is gone. Taxes and penalties alone run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some speculation of mental decline on the financial side but
many acts are obviously intentional. Financial side has removed or blocked operations side from access to bank accounts and communication with tax authorities. Operational side has zero access to physical records and most electronic records. Taxes are
due including W2s etc, We obtained a court order for financial side to immediately surrender physical possession of all company records to the newly hired company accountant. Financial side refuses to respond. Basically total silence and no compliance.
What now? We can get a contempt order but we expect that It will also be ignored. Essentially anything short of showing up with a Sherriff and physically forcing a turnover of records will be ignored. Financial side works out of their house just to add
an additional layer of complexity. Court orders seem to be a toothless tiger and I can’t see a judge ordering an 83 year old lady to jail for contempt, even if she deserves it. Any great ideas? </span></p>
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