Greene v. District Court of Polk County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this original certiorari action, plaintiff, James Leo Greene, challenges a district court order committing him to jail. This order enforced a previous contempt judgment and jail sentence entered against Greene for failure to pay child support. Confinement upon the sentence was withheld pending Greene’s satisfaction of certain conditions, notably payment of a portion of the delinquent child support arrear-age. The determinative issue is whether due process required the district court, pri- or to issuance of commitment, to hold another hearing to determine whether Greene was…