United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for willful failure to pay his child support obligations is affirmed where: 1) if defendant's child support obligation was more than he could pay, his remedy was in the Iowa district court where he could seek modification of his support obligation; and 2) there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that defendant was capable of paying more child support than he did.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2009
• Published 12/18/2009

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew C. McDermott, William B. Ortman, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet L. Petersen, AUSA, Sioux City, IA, for appellee.