IN RE MARRIAGE OF BEEH

No. 55888.

214 N.W.2d 170 (1974)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Elizabeth BEEH and Edward Beeh. Upon the Petition of Elizabeth BEEH, Appellant, and Concerning Edward BEEH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kersten, Opheim, Carlson & Estes, Fort Dodge, for appellant.

R. Thomas Price, Fort Dodge, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The trial court in this cause denied alimony to a wife who devoted sixteen and one-half years to the role of full-time homemaker and mother to three children. It grounded its decision largely on the progress of "women's liberation," sex equality, and the general social and economic emancipation of women. The wife, petitioner Elizabeth Beeh, appeals from this and other provisions of the dissolution decree. We modify in part, reverse in part, and...

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