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IN RE MARRIAGE OF LENGER

No. 69550.

336 N.W.2d 191 (1983)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Linda S. LENGER and Joseph J. Lenger. Upon the Petition of Linda S. Lenger, Appellant, And Concerning Joseph J. Lenger, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry S. Kaplan of Fairall, Fairall, Kaplan & Condon, Marshalltown, for appellant.

Steven W. Guiter of Johnston & Hicks, Knoxville, for appellee.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and HARRIS, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and WOLLE, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

Iowa statutes provide for contempt proceedings as a means of enforcing the provisions of dissolution of marriage decrees. The trial court held it was unconstitutional, on the basis of art. I, § 19 of the Iowa Constitution (imprisonment for debt) to use contempt proceedings as a means to enforce a provision for property division. This contempt proceeding, brought by the wife, was accordingly dismissed. We think such a use of contempt power is...

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