Copic v. Iowa District Court for Polk County

HARRIS, Justice.

We granted further review from a decision of the court of appeals in this certiora-ri action which challenges the defendant district court’s finding of contempt. Plaintiff is a party in a dissolution of marriage case who was first cited for failing to return custody of her son, then six years old, following a summer visitation. She was later cited for her action in connection with airline tickets. The court of appeals rejected plaintiffs challenge and so do we.

Plaintiff (Patricia) and Dennis Copie were married in 1975 and are parents of one child, Ezechiel (Zeke), born…