851 results for 'court:"Iowa Court Of Appeals"'.
J. Langholz finds that a mother was properly granted physical care of the parties' children in modifying a dissolution of marriage because the father refused to communicate with the mother and forced the children to take his side in parental arguments. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-1775, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a father was properly granted physical care of the parties' children in a decision modifying a dissolution of marriage because the mother moved 300 miles away and attempted to disrupt the children's relationship with the father. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 24-0055, Categories: Family Law
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J. Tabor finds that defendant was properly convicted of lascivious acts with a child after entering an Alford plea because even though the prosecutor's conduct remained in question in light of the fact that the same charge had been levied against defendant's brother, the judge in both cases was not required to recuse himself since defendant failed to demonstrate bias. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Tabor, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-1349, Categories: Judiciary, Sex Offender
J. Ahlers finds that a son was properly allowed to purchase his deceased mother's property, in which he lived, for its assessed value. Although repairs would have considerably increased the purchase price of the property, the mother's will did not stipulate the property should be improved prior to determining value. Affirmed in part.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Ahlers, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-0868, Categories: Wills / Probate
J. Vogel finds that defendant was properly convicted of possession of marijuana after the drug was found on him while he was being taken to jail on another charge because Miranda warnings did not have to be administered before defendant admitted he had been carrying the drug since he was not being interrogated at the time. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Vogel, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-0843, Categories: Drug Offender, Miranda
J. Gamble finds that defendant was properly convicted of second-degree murder after stabbing his girlfriend in a methamphetamine-induced rage because defendant's advanced substance abuse disorder did not qualify him for the insanity defense. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Gamble, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-0794, Categories: Murder
J. Bower finds that the parties' parental rights were properly terminated since the mother and father continued to allow adult males the older children credibly accused of sex offenses into the family home, and the father forced the children to lie about the allegations. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Bower, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 24-0786, Categories: Family Law
J. Telleen finds that defendant was properly sentenced to imprisonment after pleading guilty to carrying a firearm on school grounds and second-offense OWI because defendant was not entitled to deferred judgment in light of his criminal history. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Telleen, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 23-2083, Categories: Firearms, Sentencing, Dui
J. Greer finds that a child was properly removed from his mother's custody not only because she frequently left her young son in the car while she spent time in a tanning salon, but because she been arrested for DUI and had made her child blow into an alcohol monitor installed in her car. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Greer, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 24-1006, Categories: Family Law
J. Schumacher finds that a mother's parental rights were properly terminated based on multiple OWI charges and her history of mental health and domestic violence issues, and because she infrequently exercised visitation. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Schumacher, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 24-1072, Categories: Family Law
J. Doyle finds that the parties' parental rights were properly terminated since the mother failed to respond to treatment for methamphetamine use and the father was incarcerated. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Doyle, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 24-1003, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a husband was properly denied a petition to vacate a divorce decree because he chose to represent himself after working with six different attorneys and yet failed to contest the decree in moving for a new trial within 15 days of its filing. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: August 21, 2024, Case #: 23-0176, Categories: Civil Procedure, Family Law
J. Tabor finds that defendant was properly denied relief from his conviction for felony murder for throwing a Molotov cocktail in a house in which he had been involved in an alcohol-fueled fight earlier in the evening, killing two people, because counsel provided a reasonable defense upon declining to call a fire expert to testify at the last minute. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Tabor, Filed On: August 21, 2024, Case #: 22-0511, Categories: Ineffective Assistance, Murder, Experts