Yes, it is legal for you to be charged with a crime and for the judge to ask what you plead. It would also be legal for the judge to sentence you....

Can a non-parent be given rights to a child??

Adoption and guardianship, that's it.

If you contest it, they can certainly amend and bump it back up by amending the charge at the time of trial. I've never been fully clear on what...

The Iowa Power of Attorney Act at Iowa Code 633B explains how you would do this.

Do I have any other options besides an Application to Show Cause (contempt)?

It sounds like you jumped the gun with the Application to Show Cause. Also, he will need your signature to sell the house with marketable title.

How can you get Financial power of attorney for someone that is incarcerated

Iowa Code 633B will tell you everything you need to know about creating a power of attorney form.

I would like to take my children on a vacation.

A judge will not "decide if they can go." A judge will either (a) entertain a modification of the current decree OR (b) decide whether one or the...

How do my wife and I join in on the class action lawsuit against UnityPoint Health for the phishing data breach.

If there is a class action, you contact the lawyers who are prosecuting it.

If someone gives you a car as a gift with witnesses and written proof can they take it back legally?

It doesn't sound like a gift but some kind of bartered agreement. Too complicated to answer here because it sounds like there are contingencies,...

Are DHS files available from one county to the next?

Do you mean - available to the DHS workers? If so, yes.