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Summary: The Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the father’s request to modify physical care. On de novo review, it concluded he met the heavy burden to show a material and substantial change in circumstances and demonstrated he could provide superior care, and it remanded for proceedings on related issues.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: 733 N.W.2d 683 (Iowa 2007)
Related law: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/in-re-marriage-of-895495300
Read Official OpinionSummary: 760 N.W.2d 211 (Iowa Ct. App. 2008)
Related law: https://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/2008/8-775.html
Read Official OpinionSummary: 743 N.W.2d 871 (Iowa Ct. App. 2007)
Related law: https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/court-of-appeals/court-of-appeals-court-opinions/opinions/archived-court-of-appeals-opinions-from-2017-and-earlier/opinions-archive-2007
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court declined to modify the existing physical-care placement to joint physical care because the father did not meet the heavy modification burden, but it modified his Wednesday visitation to an overnight.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed modification of joint physical care after concluding parental discord was a substantial change in circumstances and that physical care with the mother provided greater stability and reduced conflict.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed modification of joint physical care to physical care with the mother, agreeing that a substantial change in circumstances had occurred and that the modified placement served the children’s best interests.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court held that a roughly 300-mile move from Estherville, Iowa, to Kirksville, Missouri, was a substantial change in circumstances and affirmed placing the children in the father’s physical care.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: On de novo review, the court modified the dissolution decree to place the children in the father’s physical care and remanded for determination of the mother’s visitation and child support.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed denial of the father’s requested modification and concluded that continuing the existing joint-physical-care arrangement served the best interests of the two younger children.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed modification of joint physical care to physical care with the father, modified the mother’s visitation to include midweek visits, and remanded for recalculation of child support.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court addressed modification of physical care and clarified the statutory distinction between legal custody and physical care when considering domestic abuse.
Related law: Iowa Code § 598.41
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court reviewed a dissolution decree involving a request for joint physical care and affirmed physical care with one parent while modifying other financial provisions.
Related law: Iowa Code ch. 598
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed joint legal custody but modified physical care, placing the child with the father and remanding for related parenting-time and support issues.
Related law: Iowa Code § 598.41
Read Official OpinionSummary: The court affirmed a parenting schedule entered with joint legal custody and joint physical care.
Related law: Iowa Code § 598.41
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