Communications between husband and wife
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach (2013)
Most recently applied in State v. Gutierrez (August 2019)
[C51, §2392; R60, §3984; C73, §3642; C97, §4607; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11262; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.9]
Neither husband nor wife can be examined in any case as to any communication made by the one to the other while married, nor shall they, after the marriage relation ceases, be permitted to reveal in testimony any such communication made while the marriage subsisted.
Husband or wife may be witness in certain criminal cases, see §726.4
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.