Legal Opinion
Erika L. Spitz F/K/A Erika L. Gentz v. Iowa District Court for Mitchell County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 24, 2016No. 14–1808PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAGER, Justice.
This ease presents several questions of Fourteenth Amendment due process in the context of civil contempt. After two former spouses were both found in contempt for willfully violating provisions of the dissolution decree, they were given an opportunity to avoid jail by purging their respective contempts. Each claimed the other did not meet the conditions for purging contempt so a subsequent hearing was held. The ex-spouses appeared pro se, and the district court limited the time for the hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district court found that neither spouse had…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Foucha v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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