James Bashore appeals the decree dissolving his marriage to Loriel Bashore (now known as Loriel Nordmeyer). James challenges the district court's admission of exhibit 26, the spousal-support provision, the child-support provision, the division of marit... More...    $0 (07-03-2024 - IA)

onathan and Di were married in China in 2013 and are the parents of N.G.M., who was born the same year. The parties divorced in China in 2018. The dissolution decree included a custody provision that Di would "foster[]" the parties' child, while Jonathan had ... More...    $0 (08-07-2024 - IA)

Bridget and Brett married in 2014, and they have two children, born in 2015 and 2017. The parties' marriage was dissolved by an Arizona decree in 2019, several months after the family moved to Iowa. Bridget and Brett stipulat... More...    $0 (07-19-2024 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate violent threats to family or federal official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 115, which provides:

(a)
(1) Whoever—
(A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United States off... More...    $0 (09-08-2023 - ia)

Grundy Center, Iowa family law lawyer represented Petitioner seeking a divorce.


Sheryl and James Wilson married in 1982.1 The marriage lasted thirty-one years. Sheryl worked as a nurse's aide but agreed to give up her job when she became pregnant with the first of two children. Approximately nine years into the marriage, she opened a video store and ran it for about six years. Later,... More...    $0 (04-08-2022 - IA)

Grundy Center, Iowa family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case.


Jeff and Renae Hockemeyer met in 2007 in Kansas City, Missouri. After Jeff was laid off following closure of the construction office for which he worked, the two moved together to Jeff's hometown of Grundy Center in February 2008. They married in 2011, and had one child, M.J.H., in 2013. During the marr... More...    $0 (09-26-2021 - IA)

Iowa City, Iowa family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case.


Bekele Adam and Habiba Kedir chose to end their marriage. Bekele preferred an annulment, but the district court rejected that bid and granted a dissolution. Bekele appeals contending two statutory grounds exist for an annulment: (1) the marriage was prohibited by law and (2) one of the parties was impotent ... More...    $0 (05-11-2022 - IA)

Waterloo, Iowa family law lawyers represented Petitioner, who sued Respondent seeing a divorce and equitable property division.

Petitioner appealed and respondent cross-appealed from the property provisions of the district court decree dissolving the parties’ marriage. T... More...    $0 (11-18-2021 - IA)

Dustin1 was convicted of aiding and abetting his mother, Ginger Jefferson,
in the stabbing death of his wife, Kerry Jefferson. Dustin and Kerry had a volatile
marriage and lived separately. Dustin lived at his cousin Carlos’s house, but Kerry
often spent time with him there. Kerry fearfully told a friend shortly before her death
that Dustin might hurt or kill her. The next ... More...    $0 (09-14-2018 - IA)

The Rwandan Genocide is one of the darkest chapters in human history. Over
the span of 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people died. At least a million more were
displaced. During and shortly after the tragedy, the United States admitted a limited
number of refugees from Rwanda with priority given to those who were in the most
danger. Among those admitted were Gervais (“Ken”) Ngombwa... More...    $0 (06-22-2018 - IA)

Perry and Tari VanDekieft2 married in September 2009. She called him her
“best friend,” and he considered her the same. In August 2014, the couple moved
into a home in rural Inwood located in the salvage yard where they worked. The
1 The capitalization and spacing of the Defendant–Appellant’s last name is inconsistent throughout the rec... More...    $0 (06-08-2018 - IA)

Claimants appeal an order by the district court that found Claimants’ Answer to the In Rem Forfeiture Complaint insufficient because it objected to providing
testimonial statements as to matters requested therein because claimant argued the
search and seizure were unlawful and such information would be fruit of the
poisonous tree, and simultaneously forfeited the property. (A1144-14... More...    $0 (06-03-2018 - IA)

Wonetah Einfeldt and her two daughters were charged with willful injury causing bodily injury over a physical altercation between the three women and a fourth woman named Mulika Vinson on July 14, 2015. The case went to trial and the defendants were tried jointly. Prior to trial, the State sought to exclude all character evidence about the victim, Vinson. This included evidence related to Vinso... More...    $0 (05-05-2018 - IA)

An independent contractor providing liquid manure disposal
services purchased a used Case IH tractor from a John Deere implement
dealer. When the tractor proved to be a “lemon,” the contractor brought
claims against multiple parties, including the implement dealer. The
trial court granted all of the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.
The contractor appealed and we transf... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - IA)

In March 2015, Tamie Marie Samuels (“Samuels”) filed an alien relative visapetition (Form I-130) for the benefit of her new husband, Randell Samuels(“Randell”). The petition asked, “Have you ever before filed a petition for this or anyother alien?” Samuels falsely checked “no.” A jury convicted Samuels of knowinglymaking a false statement with respect to a material fact in an immigration matter in... More...    $0 (11-06-2017 - IA)

Joanne Cote worked for Derby Insurance Agency from 1998 until 2014. In
2014, she sued the agency and Kevin Dorn (collectively, Derby),1 alleging sexual
discrimination based on a hostile work environment, as well as the torts of
intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault. On interlocutory appeal,
Derby challenges the district court’s denial of its motion for summary ju... More...    $0 (08-02-2017 - IA)

The jury could find the following facts from the evidence at trial. The defendant, Eddie Virgil, and the victim, N.J., age twenty-three, began a romantic relationship in late 2013 that included sexual intimacy. N.J. was an unemployed mother living in a house in Waterloo with her four children, none fathered by Virgil. Virgil assaulted N.J. in May 2014. N.J. broke off her relationship with Virg... More...    $0 (05-29-2017 - IA)

A. Conviction of Woolheater. The partially decomposed body of Morningstar was discovered in February 2005 in a forested area in Altoona near Woolheater’s home. Police immediately began investigating Woolheater and subsequently charged him with first-degree murder. Woolheater was convicted after a jury trial. The conviction was upheld by the court of appeals. State v. Woolheater, No. 10–0478,... More...    $0 (05-07-2017 - IA)

The State charged Allison Hedgepeth with assault causing bodily injury in
connection with an altercation at a bar in which another woman’s nose was
broken. Hedgepeth pled guilty to disorderly conduct in violation of Iowa Code
Section 723.4(1) (2015).1 The district court placed Hedgepeth on unsupervised
probation and ordered her to pay victim restitution in an amount to be det... More...    $0 (04-06-2017 - IA)

In August 2009, Petro was arrested and charged with domestic abuse
assault causing bodily injury. It was alleged Petro had assaulted his wife in front
of their two children. As a result, DHS became involved with the family and a
founded child abuse assessment—for denial of critical care—resulted. The State
filed petitions alleging the children were children in need of assis... More...    $0 (02-10-2017 - IA)

The facts that lead to the charges for which Olson was convicted are not
at issue before the court. Olson was initially charged in two different trial
informations. One charged him with burglary in the third degree, as an habitual
offender, and possession of burglary tools. The other trial information charged
him with an attempt to commit murder and burglary in the first deg... More...    $0 (01-26-2017 - IA)

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on November 8, 2014, Waterloo police officers
Tyler Brownell and Ryan Muhlenbruch were dispatched to a local bar at the
request of the bartender. When Officer Brownell arrived, he parked next to a
maroon truck. As Officer Brownell got out of his vehicle and began walking
towards the bar, Ruhs was getting in the driver’s seat of the maroon truck. Th... More...    $0 (08-12-2016 - IA)

Seth and Lisa Techel married in October 2011 and lived in rural Agency.
Lisa worked as a jailer in Washington County, but she had aspirations to become
a deputy sheriff like her father, Todd Caldwell, a longtime deputy sheriff in
Wapello County. Seth also aspired to become a deputy sheriff and had interned
with the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office. Seth worked as a security g... More...    $0 (08-10-2016 - IA)

Dale Morrow raises two issues in this appeal from his conviction for
possession of crack cocaine with intent to deliver. First, he argues the district
court wrongly granted the prosecutor’s motion to strike a potential juror for cause.
Because Morrow did not secure a ruling from the district court on the juror
challenge under Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.18(5)(k), he fa... More...    $0 (05-26-2016 - IA)

Fatland was charged with three counts of child endangerment resulting in
serious injury, in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6(5) (2013), class “C”
felonies. The State alleged Fatland had shaken her five-month-old baby on three
occasions, causing injury to the child. Fatland entered into a plea agreement in
which she pled guilty to two counts of child endangerment resulting... More...    $0 (05-12-2016 - IA)

A jury found church youth group leader Steven Rees guilty of sexual
exploitation of a minor and invasion of privacy. The district court sentenced him
to concurrent prison terms of ten years and one year, respectively. This court
affirmed his judgment but remanded for resentencing based on the court’s
consideration of an impermissible factor. See State v. Rees, No. 14-1124, 2... More...    $0 (05-12-2016 - IA)

We incorporate the district court’s statement of the factual background:
Stephen Boeding, (hereinafter, “Boeding”) and the decedent, Kevin O’ConnelI (hereinafter, “O’Connell”) had been friends since meeting in Country Oaks [(a substance abuse program)] in 2007. The evidence supports that they were also intermittent sexual partners. On or about May 18, 2013, Boeding sent text messages to O’... More...    $0 (03-23-2016 - IA)