See, e.g., Kourlis v. Port, 18 P.3d 770, 773 (Colo.Ct.App.2000) ("[C]ontempt is neither a statutory nor a common-law crime. Instead, the authority to punish contempt is an exercise of a court's inherent powers to enforce obedience to its orders.") (citing Austin v. City and County of Denver, 156 Colo. 180, 397 P.2d 743, 745-46 (1964)). COLO. R. Civ. P. 107(a)(1).
[3] The procedural provisions of C.R.C.P. 107(c) are not exclusive. There is no fixed procedural formula for contempt proceedings; rather the polestar in determining the validity of contempt procedures is whether due process of law is accorded. Austin v. City County of Denver, 156 Colo. 180, 397 P.2d 743 (1964). See also Shapiro v. Shapiro, 115 Colo. 501, 175 P.2d 387 (1946).