R.M.
v.
D.S.
Appellee
R.M.
Appellant
D.S.
Attorney for the Appellee
Sonci Kingery
Attorney for the Appellant
Nina Forcier
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Buchanan County, Linnea M.N. Nicol, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Tabor, P.J., and Greer, and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (19 pages)
D.S. appeals the imposition of a protective order for relief from sexual abuse under Iowa Code chapter 236A (2020). The fourteen-year-old protected person did not testify at the hearing. So D.S. argues the evidence provided by the protected person’s mother and a nurse practitioner was hearsay and improper vouching. D.S. also argues the court admitted a photograph of a Snapchat message without proper foundation. And he argues there was not enough evidence to justify the protective order. OPINION HOLDS: We find the court did not err or abuse its discretion in its evidentiary rulings. And we agree there is substantial evidence to support the court’s conclusion a protective order was warranted. So we affirm.
