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PATTEN v. PATRICK

No. 61736.

276 N.W.2d 390 (1979)

Baby Boy "Guber" PATTEN, by his Parent and Next Friend, Larry D. Patten, Appellant, v. Mary Roberta PATRICK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell H. Forte of Terpstra, Wilkinson & Van Horne, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

L. Vern Robinson, Iowa City, for appellee.

Emmit J. George, Jr., Iowa City, for minor child.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and REES, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

This is a child custody case in which both the natural father, Larry D. Patten, and the legal guardian and maternal grandmother, Mary Roberta Patrick (Roberta), desire custody of Baby Boy Patten, who is also known as "Guber" and Patrick. In Larry's absence Roberta was appointed Patrick's legal guardian. Upon Larry's subsequent effort to regain custody, the trial court left custody with the grandmother, subject to visitation by the father. We modify...

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