Davidson v. Van Lengen

266 N.W.2d 436 (1978)

Dale DAVIDSON, Appellee,

v.

Jeanette VAN LENGEN, Appellant.

No. 60120.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 17, 1978.

K. L. Kober, of Pickett & Kober, Waterloo, for appellant.

James W. Coddington, of Coddington & Kemming, of Waverly, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from declaratory judgment holding she is estopped to demand child support payments from her former husband. We affirm.

The parties were married in January 1951 and divorced in January 1956. They had one son, Michael Anthony, born October 17, 1951. Their divorce decree provided, inter alia,…