Legal Opinion
Amro v. Iowa District Court for Story County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 20, 1988No. 87-1637PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
The district court found Ahmed S. Amro to be in contempt of the court’s order requiring him to return his infant son to his ex-wife, Souad Mejdouli. The court ordered that Ahmed be incarcerated until he complied with the order. We granted cer-tiorari in this case to determine the legality of the court’s contempt order. We find the court orders to be lawful and annul the writ.
I. Background.
Ahmed S. Amro came to the United States from Jordan in 1978 and began studies at Iowa State University. Souad Mej-douli came to the United States in 1980 from Morocco. She stayed with an…
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