BLACK v. BLACK

No. 54631.

203 N.W.2d 121 (1972)

Patricia Ann BLACK, Appellant, v. Dale Edward BLACK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Oberbillig and J. Jane Fox, Des Moines, for appellant.

J. Riley McManus, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

We must decide here whether a divorce decree should be modified to change custody of a child from the mother to the father. The question is largely factual. The case comes down to whether we give controlling weight to the desires of the mother or to the best interest of the child.

Dale E. Black lives with his second wife in Spring Hill, Iowa. Dale was 25 years of age at time of trial in 1970. (All ages are as of time of trial.) He has two...

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