Jennifer Lee Blackwood f/k/a Jennifer Lee Knop
v.
Brock Allen Knop
Appellant
Jennifer Lee Blackwood f/k/a Jennifer Lee Knop
Appellee
Brock Allen Knop
Attorney for the Appellant
Mark Simons
Attorney for the Appellee
Robert J. Engler
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Margaret Reyes, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Badding and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (10 pages)
Jennifer Blackwood appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to extend a domestic-abuse protective order and the court’s ruling that Brock Knop’s violations of the domestic-abuse protective order did not warrant punishment in addition to the court’s order Knop pay Blackwood $2000 in attorney fees. OPINION HOLDS: In light of the broad discretion trial courts have in punishing contempt and the showing required to extend a protective order, we affirm.
