Legal Opinion
In Re SP
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 9, 2006No. 05-0980Published
1Opinion of the Court
719 N.W.2d 535 (2006)
In the Matter of S.P., Alleged to Be a Chronic Substance Abuser, S.P., Appellant.
No. 05-0980.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
June 9, 2006.
Stuart G. Hoover of Blair & Fitzsimmons, P.C., Dubuque, for appellant.
STREIT, Justice.
Even though the court interceded with an effort at finding the truth, it improperly adopted an adversarial role in the proceedings. S.P. appeals from the district court order finding she was a chronic substance abuser and placing her in a residential treatment facility. She contends her due process rights were violated because the referee and district court…
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