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PETITION OF FERGUSON

No. 3-58953.

244 N.W.2d 817 (1976)

Upon the Petition of Richard M. FERGUSON, Appellee, and concerning Bonney K. Ferguson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. McMurray, Iowa City, for appellant.

Patricia C. Kamath, Iowa City, for appellee.

L. Vern Robinson, Iowa City, for the child.

Heard before MOORE, C.J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal requires us to decide which parent of a small girl will best provide for her long-range interests.

On September 2, 1971, Persephone Ann Ferguson was born in California to Richard M. and Bonney K. Ferguson, husband and wife. Both spouses are college graduates, intelligent, and upright. Richard is a candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy in zoology, with bright prospects. Bonney is a competent homemaker and mother.<...

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