In Re the Marriage of Lunina

ANDREASEN, Justice.

At issue in this appeal is whether the appellant adopted his stepdaughter before they emigrated to the United States and is liable for her support even though no “further adoption” occurred in Iowa pursuant to Iowa Code section 600.15(2) (1997). We find that statutory provision has no application to the facts of this ease and affirm the district court’s award of child support.

I. Backgrozmd Facts and Proceedings.

Ala Lunina and Ilya Pozdnyakov are from Azerbaijan. They were married on January 27, 1994. Ala has a daughter, Olga Lunina, born April 23, 1990. Ilya is not Olga’s…