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CHRISTENSEN v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 97-983

578 N.W.2d 675 (1998)

Steven C. CHRISTENSEN, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 28, 1998

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Price, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Martha Fagg, Des Moines, for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

TERNUS, Justice.

Sue Christensen, former wife of the plaintiff Steven Christensen, filed an application for contempt, alleging Steven had willfully failed to comply with the child-support provisions of their dissolution decree. The trial court found Steven in contempt and sentenced him to thirty days in jail with all but one-half hour suspended. The court ordered Steven to serve the remaining one-half hour in the courtroom. Steven filed a petition for writ of certiorari...

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