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SPITZ v. DIST. COURT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY

No. 14-1808.

881 N.W.2d 456 (2016)

Erika L. SPITZ f/k/a Erika L. Gentz, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 24, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaclyn M. Zimmerman of Harrison & Dietz-Kilen, P.L.C., Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Scott A. Michels (until withdrawal) of Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for defendant.

Bradley A. Gentz, pro se.

This case presents several questions of Fourteenth Amendment due process in the context of civil contempt. After two former spouses were both found in contempt for willfully violating provisions of the dissolution decree, they were given an opportunity to avoid jail by purging their respective contempts. Each claimed the other did...

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