MAY, Judge.
Can a civil domestic-abuse protective order require the defendant to pay a "sum of money for the separate support and maintenance of the plaintiff" even if the defendant is not otherwise obligated to support the plaintiff? See Iowa Code § 236.5(1)(b)(6) (2018). The district court answered this question in the negative...
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