Zimmermann v. Iowa District Court for Benton County

LAVORATO, Justice.

The plaintiff, an attorney, challenges a contempt adjudication arising out of his alleged violation of a juvenile court order. We conclude the attorney’s actions did not constitute contempt and therefore sustain the writ of certiorari.

I. Factual Background.

This attorney contempt case stems from juvenile court proceedings that followed a child in need of assistance (CINA) adjudication. The child in question, T.D., was determined to be a child in need of assistance because of alleged sexual abuse by her natural mother’s live-in boyfriend. In a dispositional order following the…