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M.A. v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR POLK COUNTY

No. 93-1409.

517 N.W.2d 205 (1994)

M.A., Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Steinbach III of Cook, Gotsdiner, McEnroe & McCarthy, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles K. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray Blase, Asst. County Atty., for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

M.A. is the mother of a son, Michael, who was adjudicated to be a child in need of assistance. The dispositional order in the juvenile case required the mother to assist in Michael's placement in a special needs educational facility, but she refused. The court then found her in contempt and ordered her to serve thirty days in jail. The court withheld the mittimus and gave her the opportunity to purge the contempt by complying with the dispositional...

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