Des Moines, March 1, 2017—The Iowa Supreme Court selected the Seventh Judicial District to serve as a pilot project site for instituting new, informal family law trial procedure. The informal procedures should expedite the resolution of cases that involve less complicated factual circumstances. The new trial procedures are available for...
Des Moines, January 26, 2017 Discover some of the special features in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building and the interesting stories behind them by watching a new video tour online, and then come and see the building for yourself. The 11-minute video is narrated by retired KCCI-TV news anchor Kevin...
Des Moines, January 25, 2017— The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case State of Iowa v. Eddie Raymond Tipton during a special evening session in Des Moines, Monday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch...
Des Moines, January 20, 2017— Forty years ago this month, the newly formed Iowa Court of Appeals heard oral arguments and issued opinions for the first time. The Iowa Legislature created the five-member court to ease the overcrowded Iowa Supreme Court docket. At the time, it was taking about two...
Des Moines, January 10, 2017— On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Mark Cady of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the Condition of the Judiciary. The chief justice will talk about the importance of...
Des Moines, January 6, 2017— On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Mark Cady of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the State of the Judiciary. Live video will be streamed on the Iowa Legislature...
Des Moines, December 1, 2016 — The Iowa Supreme Court Lawyer Trust Account Commission (Commission) is accepting applications for grants under the Interest on Lawyer Trust Account (IOLTA) program for the grant period that begins July 1, 2017. IOLTA program grants are awarded to public purpose projects that provide legal...
Des Moines, November 22, 2016— Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady today announced that State Court Administrator David Boyd will retire September 7, 2017. Boyd's decision to retire will bring to a close a remarkable career of 40 years of continual service to the Iowa Judicial Branch. "David Boyd...
Des Moines, November 17, 2016 — The Iowa Supreme Court reselected Justice Mark Cady, Fort Dodge, as chief justice. Chief Justice Cady's current term on the court expires December 31, 2016. His new term begins January 1, 2017. A chief justice serves during his or her term of office which...
Des Moines, October 25, 2016— A recently completed study shows that nearly 1,000 parents and more than 1,600 children have been served by the twelve Iowa Family Treatment Courts since the program began in 2007. More than 75 percent of the 860 families in the program were reunited after the...
