Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Stutsman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 21, 1981No. 65391PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
Respondent Barbara Lee Stutsman Ed-munds filed a petition to modify the child support and visitation provisions of a dissolution decree. Petitioner Kenneth Ray Stutsman filed answer and resistance. Upon conclusion of Barbara’s evidence at the hearing, Kenneth moved to dismiss the petition as to the child support issue on the ground Barbara had “no legal right to bring the action,” that right being in the Iowa Department of Social Services (Department) to whom she had assigned the right to child support payments. Trial court overruled this motion, increased Kenneth’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Broyles v. Iowa Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- Page v. PageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Spaulding v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Cole v. City of OsceolaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- Stearns v. KeanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Schwarzkopf v. Sac County Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Klooster v. North Iowa State BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
- State, Iowa Department of Social Services Ex Rel. Blakeman v. BlakemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- In Re the Marriage of BolickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
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