Articles Tagged: Iowa Supreme Court

DES MOINES — Parents must be given preference in regaining custody of their children in cases where other people have been caring for the children through a guardianship, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Watch live as Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Iowa National Guard adjutant general, delivers the annual Condition of the Guard address at the Iowa statehouse at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen tells legislators “the court system is 100 percent fully operational, but we are continuing some practices adopted on an emergency basis” to keep proceedings moving “without jeopardizing health or conflicting with their work schedules.”

Watch live as Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen addresses Iowa lawmakers on the Condition of the Judiciary in the Capitol at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Iowa Supreme Court has given the Burlington woman’s family another chance to gain full access to the 911 call and police video of the 2015 incident in which Autumn Steele was fatally shot by police.

Iowa property owners who ask to remove their names from online property searches to conceal their address may keep their names confidential under a ruling the Iowa Supreme Court published Friday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Masks will continue to be required in Iowa courtrooms and some proceedings may continue to be held via teleconference under orders issued Monday by the Iowa Supreme Court chief justice.

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a district court decision that the state is not wrongfully denying liberty to sex offenders who aren’t eligible for parole because they haven’t been able to get into a required treatment program in Iowa’s prison system.

Robert Gast, a Fort Dodge native, has been named the state court administrator for the Iowa Judicial Branch.

Drake University law professor thinks the effort by statehouse Republicans to get the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn its 2018 abortion ruling is unlikely to be successful.

Order requires masks in all courthouses across the state, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.

There’s no magic redistricting button to draw 50 Iowa Senate and 50 House districts to conform to new census numbers

The delayed release is creating uncertainty over whether the exacting process of drawing new boundaries for the state’s 50 Senate and 100 House districts can be completed ahead of a constitutional deadline.

The Iowa Supreme Court issued a 6-1 ruling upholding a 2019 state law that blocks Planned Parenthood from receiving federal grants to offer sex education and other related services.

From a long-awaited report on clergy abuse to court rulings on abortion, “banning the box” and water quality, here are some of the top stories from Iowa in the past week.