Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Rathe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 21, 1994No. 93-508PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
Does the district court sitting in Woodbury County hold the power to enforce, by contempt, a support order entered in district court in Black Hawk County? The trial court thought not, and we agree.
In 1979 the Black Hawk district court entered a decree dissolving the marriage of Delores and Danny Rathe. The decree called for sixty dollars per week in child support. Danny is currently more than $27,-000 in arrears on these payments.
In 1992 Delores filed an application in Woodbury district court seeking a finding that Danny was in contempt for nonpayment of child support. In 1993…
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