DeKLOTZ v. FORD

No. 2-67955.

332 N.W.2d 110 (1982)

Dennis R. DeKLOTZ, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Robert FORD, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Iowa, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.M. Fassler, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff-petitioner.

John K. Fischer, Vinton, for defendant-respondent.

Heard en banc.


JOHNSON, Judge.

Petitioner, Dennis DeKlotz, challenges trial court's order finding him in contempt of court for failure to pay a debt owed to a third person pursuant to the decree dissolving his marriage. Petitioner asserts that the order constitutes an unconstitutional imprisonment for a civil debt and that the order was vague. We sustain the writ. We find it unnecessary to address petitioner's constitutional argument since we dispose of the issue on other grounds...

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