Court Opinion

ID: 9679545
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:55:35.498797+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:14.720292
License: Public Domain

DONIELSON, Justice
(specially concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I specially concur with that part of the majority opinion which affirms the trial court’s findings of contempt, and reluctantly agree that section 598.24 is unclear as to whether costs and attorney’s fees can be assessed against a “defaulting party” in a contempt proceeding which was not brought to enforce support payments.
I dissent in part, however, because I feel the majority’s decision to merely affirm the trial court’s findings of contempt is inadequate. The case should be remanded to allow the trial court an opportunity to apply the appropriate sanctions against appellant for being in willful contempt of the trial court’s prior orders.