In Re the Marriage of Ertmann

Petitioner Debra Ertmann and respondent John Ertmann were married on May 23, 1981. John attends Hawkeye Technical School and is studying Marketing Management. He attends classes in the morning and is employed in a work-study program for fifteen hours a week. Debra works 17 to 25 hours a week in a restaurant for $3.35 an hour. She works Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Their one child, Nicole, was born on January 22, 1982, and was two and a half years old at the time of trial. Nicole is a very intelligent, active, emotionally .and physically healthy child. It is not disputed that…