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SECTION 780
Failure to comply with order of protection
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 7, PART 7
§ 780. Failure to comply with order of protection. If any person is
brought before the court for failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of an order of protection properly issued under this article
and applicable to him and if, after hearing, the court is satisfied by
competent proof that that person without just cause failed to comply
with such terms and conditions, the court may modify or revoke the order
of protection, or commit said person, if he willfully violated the
order, to jail for a term not to exceed six months, or both. The court
may suspend an order of commitment under this section on condition that
the said person comply with the order of protection.