Legal Opinion
Teri Root v. Talton Toney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 13, 2013No. 12–0122PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
This appeal presents two issues of first impression: (1) whether our court’s order closing the clerk of court’s public window at 2:30 p.m. triggered Iowa Code section 4.1(34) (2011) to allow a one-day extension of the deadline to file a notice of appeal, and (2) whether a person fleeing domestic abuse who relocates to live in a new county satisfies the residency requirement for venue under Iowa Code section 236.3(1) in an action for a domestic abuse protective order.
Plaintiff fled her marital home in Decatur County to escape her abusive husband, taking their children with…
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