IN RE MARRIAGE OF STEPHENS

No. 11-0054.

810 N.W.2d 523 (2012)

In re The MARRIAGE OF Douglas STEPHENS and Leslie Ellen Stephens. Upon the Petition of Craig Douglas Stephens, Petitioner-Appellant, and Concerning Leslie Ellen Stephens, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd N. Kruse and Daniel J. Tungesvik of Kruse & Dakin, L.L.P., Boone, for appellant.

Leslie Stephens , Des Moines, pro se appellee.

Considered by EISENHAUER, C.J., VOGEL, J., and SACKETT, S.J.


SACKETT, S.J.

Craig Douglas Stephens filed a direct appeal from a December 1, 2010 order of the district court finding he was in contempt of court for not following an October 13, 2009 order modifying certain visitation provisions of a decree dissolving his marriage to Leslie Ellen Stephens. We treat his notice of appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, and find the October 13, 2009 modification order contained an improper delegation of judicial authority. Because...

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