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Kraft v. Kraft

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 4, 1922PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Audubon District Court. — J. B. Kockafellow, Judge. On May 28, 1920, defendant filed her third application, asking the court to direct plaintiff to pay $548.66, as an increase in alimony and support for herself and the minor son of the parties, and for attorney’s fees.

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Appeal from Audubon District Court. — J. B. Kockafellow, Judge. On May 28, 1920, defendant filed her third application, asking the court to direct plaintiff to pay $548.66, as an increase in alimony and support for herself and the minor son of the parties, and for attorney’s fees. After a trial, the court granted the order in the amount of one half of the sums asked, and decreed that said sum be distributed by paying each one of the persons holding bills one half of their claims, and provided that the parties holding such bills should receipt in full, so far as any liability of the plaintiff…

1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.

— Because of the death of appellant, his administrator is and has been substituted. The parties hereto had both been married before, and had families, as we understand the record. They had been married about two years when *603they were divorced from each other. The original decree and the two prior orders modifying the same as to the amount of the alimony or support were not appealed from. The general scheme of the divorce decree as to alimony was not changed by either of the two prior modifying orders, nor was this done in the order from which this appeal is taken. In each of the orders the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Spain v. SpainSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  2. Barish v. BarishSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  3. McCoy v. McCoySupreme Court of Iowa · 1921

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Helvering v. FitchSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Steinel v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1948
  3. Knipfer v. KnipferSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
  4. Sinkler v. SinklerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Pedersen v. PedersenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1945

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