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PHILLIPS v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR JOHNSON

No. 84-1832.

380 N.W.2d 706 (1986)

Marsha PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia C. Kamath, Iowa City, for plaintiff.

John T. Nolan, Iowa City, for defendant.

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

WOLLE, Justice.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the district court erred in finding plaintiff in contempt and punishing her for violating the visitation provisions of a dissolution decree. Plaintiff contends (1) that a purpose of this contempt proceeding was to punish her for violating the decree, therefore contempt must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt to satisfy due process, and (2) that the contempt order violated Iowa Code section 598.23 (1985) because...

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