Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Teepe

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 22, 1978No. 3-61608PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALLBEE, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute between parents over custody of a child conceived during wedlock but born after the dissolution of their marriage. Trial court awarded custody to the mother, Debra Jean Teepe, prompting this appeal by the father and petitioner, DeWayne A. Teepe.

Three issues are presented for review: (1) whether the custody question was properly treated as incident to the original dissolution proceedings, rather than as a modification of a custody agreement between the parties requiring a change in circumstances; (2) whether trial court, in making the custody…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of WinterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  2. In Re the Marriage of BowenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  3. Jensen v. SorensonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
  4. Cross v. YardleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  5. In Re the Marriage of DawsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Marriage of BonnetteCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1988
  2. Metallo v. MusengoCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1984
  3. Brian Albert Mahedy v. Amanda Jean GibsonCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2018
  4. In Re the Marriage of Dean Richard Olson and Tina Marie Olson Upon the Petition of Dean Richard Olson, and Concerning Tina Marie Olson, N/K/A/ Tina Marie KoziolCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2016

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