IN RE MARRIAGE OF THATCHER

No. 13-2044.

864 N.W.2d 533 (2015)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Susan Michelle THATCHER and Ronald Dean Thatcher. Upon the Petition of Susan Michelle Thatcher, Petitioner, Anna Carson as Executor for the Estate of Susan Michelle Thatcher, Appellee, And Concerning Ronald Dean Thatcher, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry A. Finley and Allison M. Heffern of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Sherry L. Schulte of Bradley & Riley, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.


This appeal presents a question of first impression in Iowa: whether the district court has discretion to end a marriage through a decree of dissolution without dividing the marital property until a later judgment. This two-step process is known as a "bifurcated divorce" and is expressly allowed by statute in other states. Iowa...

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