On April 10, the Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Bettendorf. The court proceedings will take place at the Pleasant Valley High School auditorium, located at 604 Belmont Road. The session will begin at 7 p.m.

 

The court will hear attorneys argue in two cases.

 

No. 11-1581        Dier vs. Peters 

Should Iowa recognize a cause of action for paternity fraud?  Plaintiff seeks reimbursement from the mother of a child plaintiff financially and emotionally supported, claiming the mother knew plaintiff was not the father of the child.  The parties were never married.  Plaintiff claims the mother led him to believe he was the child's biological father, and that only after a custody evaluation was favorable to him did the mother announce that he was not the father.  The mother argues the court should reject such claims when the plaintiff declined paternity confirmation and voluntarily supported the child.  Plaintiff appeals the Iowa District Court for Grundy County decision dismissing plaintiff's claim.

 

No. 11-0834        Lewis vs. The City of Dubuque 

Plaintiff appeals the decision of the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County dismissing her claim that she was illegally evicted from her apartment.  Plaintiff often used her gas oven, with door open, to heat her apartment and left water running for extended periods.  Acting under a Dubuque City Ordinance, the landlord changed the locks to the apartment and moved plaintiff's possessions to the front step.  Plaintiff contends the city ordinance violates her due process rights and is preempted by Iowa's Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act (URLTA).  Defendant argues that Iowa's URLTA was not meant to prohibit cities from addressing such emergency situations.