Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Mikelson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 17, 1980No. 64941PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the trial court erred in refusing in part to modify child custody and child support provisions of a dissolution decree. Respondent Thomas Lee Mikelson asked that the decree be modified to award him custody of the three children of the parties. Petitioner Gay Mikelson did not oppose transfer of custody of the parties’ 14-year-old son, Dana, but resisted a change in custody of the younger two children, Joel, then 11, and Kelly, then 10. The trial court modified the decree to award custody of Dana to Tom and reduced Gay’s child support award…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of WinterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  2. In Re Marriage of BurhamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  3. Doan Thi Hoang Anh v. NelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  4. Crary v. CurtisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  5. Hobson v. HobsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of FredericiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  2. In Re the Marriage of WeidnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  3. Spiker v. SpikerSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  4. Petition of RMGDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. In Re the Marriage of BeversSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982

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