DeKlotz v. Ford

332 N.W.2d 110 (1982)

Dennis R. DeKLOTZ, Plaintiff-Petitioner,

v.

Robert FORD, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Iowa, Defendant-Respondent.

No. 2-67955.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 29, 1982.

R.M. Fassler, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff-petitioner.

John K. Fischer, Vinton, for defendant-respondent.

Heard en banc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Petitioner, Dennis DeKlotz, challenges trial court's order finding him in contempt of court for failure to pay a debt owed to a third person pursuant to the decree dissolving his marriage. Petitioner asserts that the order constitutes an unconstitutional imprisonment…