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JOHNSON v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR MAHASKA CTY.

No. 85-984.

385 N.W.2d 562 (1986)

Lee W. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR MAHASKA COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean B. Schustek, 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 by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, WOLLE, and LAVORATO, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

In a 1976 dissolution decree, Lee Johnson was ordered to pay fifty dollars per week child support. In 1985, he was cited for contempt for failure to make the required payments. The district court found Johnson to be in contempt and ordered him to serve 310 days in jail, one day for each week's default as computed by the court. The court gave Johnson an opportunity to purge the contempt by paying the total...

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