Iowa Joint Tenancy Law
Katie Venechuk n/k/a Katie Vandewalker v. Gary A. Landher
Northwood, iowa family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> A mother changed her residence and wanted her eight-year-old daughter, who was the subject of an existing custody order, to attend school there. The father objected. He argued that it would be disruptive for the daughter to change schools and that it would limit his time with her. When the parents were unable to ag... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Michael Huff; Bobbie Jo Adkins </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Council Bluffs Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearms Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two Council Bluffs individuals were sentenced to federal prison... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - IA)In re the Marriage of Raven T. Mueller and Craig E. Mueller
<h2><br> Dubuque, Iowa family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action.<br> </h2><br> After sixteen years of marriage, Craig Mueller and Raven Kennicker divorced in December 2020. Under a parenting plan accepted by the court, Craig and Raven agreed to joint physical care of their daughter, L.A.M., born in 2014. Craig also agreed to pay $55 per month in child support, as provided in ... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - IA)Catherine Smith v. Chad Ragan
<h2><br> Muscatine, Iowa family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Seven-year-old T.R. is lucky in many ways. His parents, Catherine Smith and Chad Ragan, are devoted caregivers. Both have confidence in the other's parenting skills. T.R. is doing well in school and for over three years has thrived under the shared-care arrangemen... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - IA)In re the marriage of Joshua Eugene Dow and Ashley Laine Dow
<h2><br> Clarinda, Iowa divorce lawyers represented husband and wife.<br> </h2><br> <br> When Joshua Dow and Ashley Herzberg divorced in October 2019, the district court-following their stipulated agreement-granted them joint physical care of their two daughters, born in 2008 and 2012. Three years later, Herzberg filed a modification petition, requesting primary physical care of the children. She ... More...
$0 (09-04-2024 - IA)In the Matter of the Marriage of S.W. and M.W.
<h2><br> Olathe, Kansas divorce lawyers represented the Petitioner and the Respondent in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Following a contested trial in a divorce action, the district court entered a final journal entry and decree of divorce in November 2021. Relevant to this appeal, the court ordered the parties to share joint legal custody of their four minor children with ... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Brock A. Willson, also known as Brock A. Cligrow </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzlement </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Union President Sent to Federal Prison for Embezzlement</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former union president who misspent over $30,000 in union funds was senten... More...
$0 (08-02-2024 - IA)In re the Marriage of Bridget Word and Brett Word </center
<h2><br> Mason City, Iowa family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant on a petition to modify the parties' dissolution (divorce) decree.<br> <h2><br> <br> <br> Bridget and Brett married in 2014, and they have two children, born in 2015 and 2017. The parties' marriage was dissolved by an Arizona decree in 2019, several months after the family moved to Iowa. Bridget and Brett stipulat... More...
$0 (07-19-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Jeremias Otoniel Herrera Rosales; Jennifer Guadalupe Herrera; Jaklyn Guerra </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Organ Transplant Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien and Two Others Sentenced to Federal Prison in Organ Transplant Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An illegal alien and two other individuals ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Armani Eugene Gates </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Trafficking and Fentanyl Distribution Charges .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> OMB Gang Member Sentenced on Firearms Trafficking and Fentanyl Distribution Charges to 276 Months in Federal Prison </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <... More...
$0 (04-08-2024 - IA)In re the Marriage of Sheryl A. Wilson and James D. Wilson
Grundy Center, Iowa family law lawyer represented Petitioner seeking a divorce.<br> <br> <br> Sheryl and James Wilson married in 1982.1 The marriage lasted thirty-one years. Sheryl worked as a nurse's aide but agreed to give up her job when she became pregnant with the first of two children. Approximately nine years into the marriage, she opened a video store and ran it for about six years. Later,... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Michael Rees
Davenport, IA: Drug trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Michael Rees, age 40, who was charged with possessing a firearm related to his drug trafficking activities and he was under criminal justice supervision at the time of this offense.<br> <br> Rees was one of eight defendants who faced federal charges in the Southern District of Iowa after a multi-year joint federal and state invest... More...
$0 (08-27-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Lamar Harris
Davenport, Iowa conspiracy to distribute drugs charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.<br> <br> Lamar Harris, age 37, of Burlington, was charged for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances.<br> <br> Harris was found to have been involved in a long-standing conspiracy to distribute significant quantities of controlled substances, with his involvement dating back to 2011. Harris... More...
$0 (06-18-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Robert Joe Hennings
Des Moines, Iowa receipt of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Robert Joe Hennings, age 33, with receipt of child pornography.<br> <br> Hennings collected in excess of 550,000 images of child pornography over a three-year period, including material involving sexual assaults on prepubescent minors, including an infant. The sentence was, in part, a reflection of the danger Henning... More...
$0 (11-18-2020 - IA)Judith Wurster v. The Plastics Group, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2017/04/26/annex_building.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> James Wurster (“Mr. Wurster”) suffered fatal burns when a gas can<br> manufactured by Appellee The Plastics Group, Inc. (“TPG”) exploded as he was<br> burning garbage on his farm in Iowa. His wife, Judith Wurster (“... More...
$0 (02-26-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Daniel Louis Jackson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/courthouses/IA-Waterloo_1938_Ref.jpg?itok=jVzYda_1"><br> </center><br> <br> In October 2017, a jury found Daniel Louis Jackson guilty of all counts of a<br> four-count Superseding Indictment for his role in a bank robbery in Hopkinton, Iowa:<br> (1) Armed Bank Robbery and Aiding and Abetting Armed Bank ... More...
$0 (01-22-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Raymond Wayne Eugene Hall
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Child Pornographer and Sex Abuser Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison<br> <br> Raymond Wayne Eugene Hall, age 33, was sentenced on federal child pornography charges to 40 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release in the U.S. Distr... More...
$0 (12-18-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Xavier Ashby Logan
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$0 (10-22-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Paul R. Knudsen
<center><h2> <font color="red"> Three counts of <br> sexual abuse in the third degree and one count of lascivious conduct with a minor </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <center><h2><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> Nation... More...
$0 (10-21-2018 - IA)Cardnel Brown, Jr. v. State of Iowa
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$0 (10-21-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Lacey Staveley
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$0 (10-15-2018 - IA)Rigoberto Quiles v. Alan Martin Johnson
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Rigoberto Quiles was severely injured when Alan Johnson fell asleep at the<br> wheel and drove his tractor-trailer off I-80 in Adair County, Iowa. At the time of the<br> accident, Quiles was a new employee of Swift Transportation Company of Arizona<br> (“Swift”), an inte... More...
$0 (10-18-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Jaron N. Purham
Keokuk, IA - Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder For Joint Kidnapping, Torture, and Execution of Gender-Fluid Teen Kedarie Johnson<br> <br> Jaron N. Purham was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and execution of gender-fluid high school student Kedarie Johnson. Purham’s co-defendant, Jorge Sanders-Galvez, was previously convicted of first-degree murder las... More...
$0 (10-09-2018 - IA)LANCE BROOKS vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
The jury was instructed the State would have to prove several elements of <br> first-degree robbery, including: “The Defendant or the person(s) the Defendant <br> aided and abetted was armed with a dangerous weapon.” The jury also was <br> instructed the State would have to prove several elements of first-degree burglary, <br> including: “During the incident the Defendant or the person(s) h... More...
$0 (09-15-2018 - IA)CARLSTON FREDERICK DONALD vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
Sometime after 9:00 p.m. on the evening of December 23, 2008, Harold and Frances Kavalier observed a light blue van engaging in odd behavior in a restaurant parking lot in Cedar Rapids. An African American male wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the “hood tied up way around [his] face” eventually emerged from the van, which contained at least two other occupants, and proceeded in the direc... More...
$0 (09-03-2018 - IA)ANDREW BRASEAN BUCHANAN vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
In 2013, Andrew Buchanan and Daevone Brown were charged by trial <br> information with first-degree robbery, and a joint trial was set for June 2013. Prior <br> thereto, a hearing to “make a record in this matter regarding the status of the plea <br> negotiations” as to both defendants was held in May 2013. During the hearing, <br> Buchanan and Brown each indicated he wanted to accept the pl... More...
$0 (06-07-2018 - IA)In the Matter of Property Seized from Jean Carlos Herrera and Fernando Rodriguez <table> <td>
Claimants appeal an order by the district court that found Claimants’ Answer to the In Rem Forfeiture Complaint insufficient because it objected to providing <br> testimonial statements as to matters requested therein because claimant argued the <br> search and seizure were unlawful and such information would be fruit of the <br> poisonous tree, and simultaneously forfeited the property. (A1144-... More...
$0 (06-03-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JOSEPH ANTHONY SPENCER<table> <td>
At approximately 11:50 p.m. on April 29, 2016, Des Moines Police Officers <br> Danner and Harden observed a white Buick drive past them with a non-functioning <br> rear left license plate lamp. The officers followed the vehicle. While the Buick was <br> stopped for a red light, the officers turned off their patrol vehicle’s lights to verify <br> the license plate light was not functioning. Af... More...
$0 (05-19-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. DANIELLE ABANG-NTUEN <table> <td>
On July 14, 2015, Danielle Abang-Ntuen, her sister, Beatrice Abang-Ntuen, <br> and their mother, Wonetah Einfeldt,1 went to the home of Mulika Vinson to resolve <br> a dispute between Danielle and Mulika. A physical altercation eventually ensued <br> between Danielle, Beatrice, and Wonetah against Mulika, but the parties dispute <br> the order of events and who initiated the exchange. Mulika was... More...
$0 (04-23-2018 - IA)Cheri Dahlin v. Lyondell Chemical Company
Cheri Dahlin sued Lyondell Chemical Company, Equistar Chemicals, LP, and<br> Equistar GP, LLC (collectively “Lyondell”). A jury returned a verdict for Dahlin.<br> Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court vacates and remands.<br> <br> I.<br> <br> Between 1990 and 1995, Dean B. Dahlin worked for two companies as a<br> commercial truck driver. For both, he loaded his truck with ben... More...
$0 (01-28-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Ted Howard Fulk
Defendant Ted Howard Fulk pleaded guilty to one count of failure to register<br> as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250, his fourth conviction related to<br> registry requirements. The district court 1 sentenced him to thirty-seven months’<br> imprisonment and ten years’ supervised release. His supervised release includes a<br> special condition requiring court approval before tra... More...
$0 (01-18-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JEROMIE ALAN KRAMER <table> <td>
In December 2015, the State charged Kramer by trial information with <br> indecent contact with a child. It was alleged the conduct occurred in December <br> 2014, when P.W.—the complaining witness—was twelve years old and staying at <br> Kramer’s home. <br> The next day, the county attorney filed a motion to have a guardian ad litem <br> (GAL) appointed. The motion requested the attorney... More...
$0 (01-12-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. MARTEZ DEROY SMITH <table> <td>
On November 25, 2014, Shawonyta Norman visited his sister, Latres <br> Johnson, at the home she shared with her boyfriend Martez Smith. At one point <br> in the afternoon, Johnson was putting up a baby gate to confine her two dogs when <br> Smith yelled at her and pushed her into the baby gate. She fell into the gate, <br> breaking it, and sustaining cuts on her ankle, arm, and neck. Soon after... More...
$0 (12-06-2017 - IA)State of Iowa v. Brian Patrick Clemens
What is a “criminal case”? Today, we are asked to answer this seemingly simple question in the context of Iowa’s recently enacted expungement law. That law mandates expungement of the record when “[t]he criminal case contains one or more criminal charges in which an acquittal was entered for all criminal charges, or in which all criminal charges were otherwise dismissed.” Iowa Code § 90... More...
$0 (10-27-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. RAMONA MAE VERDINEZ
From the evidence presented at trial, the jury could have found the <br> following: On July 13, 2016, Verdinez drove a juvenile, P.S., to a rural property <br> near Marshalltown, arriving at the property at approximately 12:30 a.m. Verdinez <br> had equipped P.S. with two backpacks, gloves, and a flashlight; P.S. was armed <br> with her own two pocket knives �for [her] protection� and a... More...
$0 (10-31-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. BRIAN PATRICK CLEMENS
On the afternoon of May 21, 2011, L.P. informed Oskaloosa police that Clemens had been in a physical altercation with her and had threatened her. L.P. also reported seeing a handgun in the center console of Clemens’s truck. Clemens left the scene before police arrived. Based on a law enforcement bulletin, the Iowa State Patrol located Clemens outside of his hometown of Ottumwa. At that time,... More...
$0 (10-31-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. DAVID DWIGHT JACKSON <table> <td>
In 2016, David Dwight Jackson was charged with five counts: <br> (1) possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) with intent to <br> deliver, (2) possession of a controlled substance (cocaine base) with intent to <br> deliver, (3) failure to possess a tax stamp, (4) possession of a controlled <br> substance (heroin) second offense, and (5) possession of a controlled substance <br> (mari... More...
$0 (07-24-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. DONALD LEROY STEELE <table> <td>
According to the minutes of evidence, on New Year’s Eve of 2015, Des <br> Moines police officer Emily Shoff-Salsbery saw the Toyota Camry driven by <br> Steele turn without signaling. As the officer closed in on the Camry, Steele made <br> several abrupt turns. Steele then sped through a residential neighborhood. <br> Before Shoff-Salsbery could activate her lights, Steele drove down a dead-e... More...
$0 (07-24-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JOHNNY AHMAN MADISON
A state trooper stopped a vehicle driven by Johnny Madison. In a <br> subsequent search of the vehicle, the trooper found a bag of marijuana on the <br> center console next to Madison, small jars of marijuana residue in the back seat, <br> and two bags of marijuana inside a pair of shoes belonging to Madison. <br> The State charged Madison with possession of a controlled substance, <br> marijua... More...
$0 (07-23-2017 - IA)State of Iowa v. Eddie Tipton and Tommy Tipton
Des Moines, IA - Brother Plead Guilty To Lottery Schamm<br> <br> The State of Iowa charged Eddie Tipton, age 54, and Tommy Tipton, age 53, with wrongfully accessing and manipulating computer software to pull off a multi-state lottery swindle by manipulating random number generators to enable co-conspirators to claim jackpots in Colorado, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Kansas. The scheme was discovered w... More...
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