A New Mexico trial court has authority to require a party to litigation to make a contribution to charity as part of an order imposing civil sanctions on the party for contempt of court. The state’s Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order requiring a party to make a $50,000 contribution to charity to purge his civil contempt violation. William S. Ferguson was the president, director, registered agent and attorney of Motiva Performance Engineering, LLC, when it was ordered to pay a judgment of $292,000, plus interest, costs and attorneys fees in a suit brought by Creig Butler. Without paying the judgment, he shut down Motiva and transferred title to a 2012 Ferrari from the company...