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REIS v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR POLK COUNTY

No. 08-1087.

787 N.W.2d 61 (2010)

Jan REIS and Dean Stowers, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Stowers of Stowers Law Firm, West Des Moines, for plaintiff Dean Stowers.

Mari Culver of Duncan, Green, Brown & Langeness, P.C., Des Moines, for plaintiff Jan Reis.

Randall D. Armentrout, Scott A. Sundstrom, and Mitchell R. Kunert of Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for defendant.

STREIT, Justice.

Jan Reis and Dean Stowers were held in contempt of court for violation of a protective order. They argue the district court lacked jurisdiction to enforce the protective order and lacked substantial evidence to support a finding of contempt. We hold the court properly exercised jurisdiction to enforce the protective order and there was substantial evidence to support the finding of contempt with regard to Stowers. We reverse the district court's finding...

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