Legal Opinion
In Re RP
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 16, 2000No. 99-31Published
1Opinion of the Court
606 N.W.2d 15 (2000)
In the Interest of R.P., Alleged to be Seriously Mentally Impaired and a Chronic Substance Abuser.
No. 99-31.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
February 16, 2000.
Robert E. Sabers, Dubuque, for appellant.
Mary Schumacher, Davenport, pro se, and Jane Wallis, Dubuque, pro se.
Considered en banc.
LARSON, Justice.
R.P., the respondent in this substance abuse case under Iowa Code chapter 125 (1997), has appealed from a district court order for treatment, claiming he was deprived of procedural due process. We affirm.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.
On November 12, 1998, the respondent's mother, Jane…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. CuevasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- In the Interest of R.P.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
- Bear v. Woodward State Hospital SchoolSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998