Sulma v. Iowa District Court for Washington County

NEUMAN, Justice.

The district court found Andrew Sulma in contempt for refusing his former wife visitation with their two minor children. Sulma claims, by way of petition for certiorari, that the court’s order was not supported by substantial evidence. He also contests, on due process grounds, the conditions imposed for purging his contempt. We annul the writ.

I. Background. The marriage of Andrew and Tammy Sulma was dissolved in 1994. The court awarded them joint legal custody of their two children, Kathryn (bom in 1986) and Kenneth (born in 1988). The children were placed in Andrew’s primary…