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Name: In re Ivey
Case #: B142777
Division: 5
Citation: 85 Cal.App.4th 793
Opinion Date: 20001219
Subsequent History: None
Summary

While the use of a mandatory presumption is unconstitutional in a criminal contempt proceeding, permissive inferences are a recognized evidentiary device properly used in criminal contempt proceedings. Because the family law court’s finding of knowledge of the orders imposed here was effectively a permissive inference, the finding that notice to the father’s attorneys was imputed to the father was appropriate.