Legal Opinion
Greene v. Iowa District Court for Polk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 25, 1981No. 66200PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
In this certiorari action, plaintiff, James Leo Greene, challenges orders by the district court resulting from a 1977 court order finding him in contempt of court for nonpayment of child support. Plaintiff essentially alleges the district court erred in overruling his motion to dismiss the dissolution action from which the contempt order arose and to cancel (1) the assignment of a support judgment to the Iowa Department of Social Services, and (2) an order of commitment for contempt. We annul the writ.
As part of a dissolution of marriage decree entered June 24, 1975,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Broyles v. Iowa Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- State v. VossSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Cullinan v. CullinanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- Matter of EvansSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Hutcheson v. Iowa District Court for Lee CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- Greene v. District Court of Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton School District v. City Council of Sioux CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
- Ferguson v. State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division Ex Rel. P.G.Alaska Supreme Court · 1999
- Thompson v. City of OsageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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