Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Behn

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 16, 1986No. 85-1231PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLE, Justice.

Both Alvin Behn and his wife Barbara have appealed from the decree which dissolved their marriage of ten years duration. Alvin challenges the joint custody arrangement through which Barbara has physical custody of the parties’ three minor children in all but the summer months. Both parties challenge assorted economic provisions in the decree. We review de novo but pay close attention to the trial court’s credibility determinations and give considerable weight to its findings of fact. In re Marriage of Vrban, 359 N.W.2d 420, 423-24 (Iowa 1984); In re Marriage of Bornstein, 359…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Schantz v. SchantzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  2. In Re the Marriage of VrbanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  3. In Re the Marriage of FredericiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  4. In Re the Marriage of WeidnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  5. In re the Marriage of FleenerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of ZabeckiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
  2. In Re the Marriage of HavranCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1987
  3. In Re the Marriage of WagnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  4. In Re Marriage of HornungCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1991
  5. In Re Marriage of JensenCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986

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