Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of McMorrow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 21, 1983No. 83-110PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
The question here is whether a father’s child support obligation under a marital dissolution decree is a preexisting “debt” under Iowa Code section 561.21(1), so that his after-acquired homestead may be subjected to execution and sale to pay delinquent installments. Trial court held the father could retain as exempt the apartment building he moved into following the dissolution. We reverse and remand with directions.
James S. and Connie McMorrow were married January 2, 1970. A son was born that year; a daughter was born in 1977. The marriage was dissolved January 4,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Whittier v. WhittierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
- Addy v. AddySupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
- Broyles v. Iowa Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- In Re the Marriage of CarneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Cullinan v. CullinanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- In Re the Marriage of SchontsCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1983
- Smith v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
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