Legal Opinion

In Re Marriage of Caswell

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 22, 1992No. 90-877PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SNELL, Justice.

The child support recovery unit, on behalf of Peggy J. Caswell, appeals a trial court ruling granting a motion to quash an involuntary wage assignment against her former husband, Timothy J. Caswell. The appellant argues that the wage assignment, which arose out of proceedings for dissolution of the Caswells’ marriage, was wrongly quashed based on the trial court’s finding that there were no arrearages in the support payments due from Timothy Caswell. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed; we granted further review. We conclude that the trial court wrongly considered payments made…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Slack v. MullenixSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  2. Wren v. WrenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  3. In Re the Estate of MillersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  4. Dwyer v. Clerk of District Court for Scott CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1987

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. IBP, Inc. v. Al-GharibSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
  3. Hurd v. Iowa Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
  4. Burke v. Iowa District Court for Boone CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  5. James Delire v. Key City Transport, Inc. and Great West Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2016

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