Legal Opinion
In Re Jorgensen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 21, 2001No. 98-1385PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
627 N.W.2d 550 (2001)
Upon the Petition of Karna Leigh JORGENSEN, Appellee, and
Concerning Maurice Joseph Vargas, Appellant.
No. 98-1385.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
March 21, 2001.
Rehearing Denied May 30, 2001.
Maurice J. Vargas, Babylon, NY, pro se.
Diane L. Dornburg, Des Moines, for appellee.
Considered en banc.
LAVORATO, Chief Justice.
Maurice Joseph Vargas appealed from a district court judgment modifying a custody provision of a New York judgment of divorce from Karna Leigh Jorgensen. Vargas contended that, under Iowa Code chapter 598A (1997), the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), the…
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