BURKE v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR BOONE COUNTY

No. 94-1849.

546 N.W.2d 582 (1996)

Lori BURKE, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR BOONE COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Cook of Cook, Gotsdiner, McEnroe & McCarthy, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Ben T. Doran of Courter, Quinn, Doran & Anderson, Boone, for defendant.

Considered en banc.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

The sole issue in this original certiorari action is whether an Iowa district court has authority under Iowa Code section 598.23A(1) (1993) to enforce by contempt the support provisions of a foreign dissolution of marriage decree certified in the Iowa district court under Iowa Code chapter 626A. The district court held it lacks authority to enforce, by contempt, the support provisions of an Arizona decree...

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