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| In re Marriage of Benfer, No. 6-024 / 05-0811,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed the allocation of monthly pension benefit because the wife was entitled to the amount she received due to the length of the marriage, but there did not need to be an equal distribution of the pension because the husband was still suffering from the injuries he received on the job as a police officer.
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| In re Marriage of Brown, No. 6-101 / 05-0795,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Although a money gift from a wife's parents to purchase a home had probably been subsumed in the marriage, it was not error for a trial court to award the marital residence to the wife under Iowa Code § 598.21(2) (2003) in order to offset the unaccounted expenditures by a husband on his girlfriend.
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| In re Marriage of Buck, No. 6-113 / 05-1284,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed an award of spousal support in the amount of $750 month pursuant to Iowa Code § 598.21(3), because the appellate court was not convinced that the wife was entitled to precisely one-half of the parties' combined earnings.
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| In re Marriage of Donovan, No. 6-015 / 05-0409,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Modification of a joint physical care arrangement was required as a consequence of the parties' inability to set aside their personal differences and cooperate in the children's best interest. Under Iowa Code § 598.41(3)(f), appellate court accorded appropriate weight to the daughter's preference to be placed in the former wife's physical care.
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| In re Marriage of Iehl, No. 6-129 / 05-0644,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed the denial of a husband's application to hold the wife in contempt under Iowa Code § 598.23 for denying him visitation, because the wife's interpretation of the couple's extended family provision to allow their child to visit with a family member was not so unreasonable to require a finding of contempt.
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| In re Marriage of Lenz, No. 6-103 / 05-0997,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Where the evidence showed that there was a marriage of long duration, a wife was unable to earn more than $20,000, and a husband made a very significant amount of money, a property division giving a substantial amount to the wife was not erroneous under Iowa Code § 598.21 (1999), and the parties' abusive relationship was not improperly considered.
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| In re Marriage of Menke, No. 6-115 / 05-1829,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Order modifying joint physical care provision of marital dissolution decree by designating the mother the primary physical caretaker of the parties' child was upheld where the breakdown in communication between the parties amounted to substantial change of circumstances. The mother maintained a more consistent and scheduled environment for child.
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| In re Marriage of Schveiger, No. 6-134 / 05-0852,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Given the father's history of verbal abuse and physical violence toward the mother and the children, the trial court's visitation schedule was equitable and in the children's best interests, pursuant to Iowa Code § 598.41(1)(a). However, additional specificity as it related to holiday visitation was necessary.
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| In re Marriage of Shearer, No. 6-124 / 05-0111,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Husband sought to terminate his obligation to pay alimony to his wife; however, trial court did not err in denying his request because, even though wife's increased income justified a reduction in alimony, no further relief was justified because the husband made a decision to voluntarily leave his employment.
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| In the Interest of J.J., No. 6-181 / 06-0197,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, March 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed the termination of the mother's parental rights under Iowa Code § 232.116 because the mother admitted at the hearing she needed time to stabilize her life and could not immediately reunify with the children, and the mother had not participated in some services that had been provided to her.
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