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STATE EX REL. IOWA DHS v. DUCKERT

No. 90-12.

465 N.W.2d 871 (1991)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and Katrina Carrigan, a Minor, by and through her Mother and Next Friend, Julie Carrigan, Appellant, v. Ronald DUCKERT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Robert R. Huibregtse, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Michael L. Brown, Emmetsburg, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER and LAVORATO, JJ.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In February 1989 the petitioner, the State of Iowa, acting on behalf of a minor child, commenced this paternity action against respondent Ronald Duckert. In this appeal, the State challenges the district court's imposition of sanctions against the State under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 80(a).1 We hold that the district court abused its discretion in imposing rule 80(a) sanctions...

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