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GREENE v. DISTRICT COURT OF POLK COUNTY

No. 83-04.

342 N.W.2d 818 (1983)

James Leo GREENE, Plaintiff, v. DISTRICT COURT OF POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Michelson, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen C. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Considered en banc.

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 arrearage. The determinative issue is whether...

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