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SKINNER v. RUIGH

No. 83-330.

351 N.W.2d 182 (1984)

Jerry D. SKINNER, Plaintiff, v. Judge Dale E. RUIGH and the Iowa District Court for Story County, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Stephen C. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

Considered by McCORMICK, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an original certiorari action challenging a contempt judgment of the district court. The court, by Judge Dale E. Ruigh, adjudicated plaintiff Jerry D. Skinner to be in contempt and sentenced him under Iowa Code section 598.23 (1983) for nonpayment of court-ordered child support. Because we find no merit in Skinner's challenge to the judgment, we annul the writ.

The questions are whether the district court had authority to adjudge...

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