Idaho Supreme Court overturns no-contact order

12-29-2009 Idaho:

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Supreme Court has reversed a district court order banning a convicted sex offender from being within 100 feet of any minor, including his two young children.

The justices were asked to reconsider a similar decision reached by the Idaho Court of Appeals, which ruled in December 2008 that the order imposed on Brian C. Cobler went too far and violated his parental rights.

The case marked the first time the appeals court had ruled on whether a no-contact order violated a right to parent.

The Idaho Attorney General asked for the review by the Supreme Court. The justices ruled the lower court abused its discretion and was not consistent in denying Cobler's motion to modify the protection order.

The order also prevented Cobler from contacting his children by letters, phone calls and e-mails. ..Source.. ABC6.com