RATER v. DIST. COURT FOR POLK COUNTY

No. 93-1986.

548 N.W.2d 588 (1996)

Otho Leonard RATER, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Hoyt Jr., West Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Michael L. Jankins of Murray, Jankins & Stennes, Des Moines, for defendant.

Heard by SACKETT, P.J., CADY, J., and OXBERGER, Senior Judge.


CADY, Judge

Otho Leonard Rater contests the district court's order finding him in contempt for ten separate failures to pay child support. We affirm the trial court and annul the writ of certiorari.

Otho and Maja Rater divorced in November 1987. At the dissolution proceeding, the trial court ordered Otho to pay child support for his four minor children in the amount of $850 per month. This order was modified in 1992 to $816 per month. From September 1992 through...

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