Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Vetternack

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 15, 1983No. 68800PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Justice.

The question here is whether an order for child support payments should have been modified because the father became incarcerated for a felony. We agree with the trial court’s refusal to modify the order.

We adopt as our own the trial court’s statement of the facts:

The marriage of the parties was dissolved on March 12th, 1980. Pursuant to that decree, the petitioner was ordered to pay child support in the sum of forty dollars per week per child until each of the minor children reach the age of 18, died, married, or otherwise became emancipated, whichever might occur first. That…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Mears v. MearsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  2. Welch v. WelchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  3. Ellis v. EllisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  4. Spaulding v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  5. In Matter of Marriage of EdmondsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1981

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of KernCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1987
  2. Ohler v. OhlerNebraska Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Leasure v. LeasureSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Upon the Petition of Shepherd v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  5. In Re the Marriage of ThurmondSupreme Court of Kansas · 1998

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