HIGHTOWER v. PETERSON

No. 56853.

235 N.W.2d 313 (1975)

Alice HIGHTOWER and Bertha Zuke, Petitioners, v. Roger F. PETERSON, Judge of the First Judicial District of Iowa In and For Black Hawk County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. James Sheerer, Waterloo, for petitioners.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Lorna Lawhead Williams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Robert L. Rausch, Asst. County Atty., for respondent.

Considered en banc.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

Petitioners brought this original certiorari proceeding to contest the legality of respondent's ruling which denied their requests to proceed in forma pauperis and for waiver of prepayment of requisite fees and costs in dissolution of marriage proceedings. We annul the writ.

The trial court granted permission to Alice Hightower, Martha Zuke and Mary Bascom to file their joint petition seeking...

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