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IN RE MARRIAGE OF TRESNAK

No. 63997.

297 N.W.2d 109 (1980)

In re the MARRIAGE of Linda Lou TRESNAK and Emil James Tresnak. Upon the Petition of Linda Lou TRESNAK, Petitioner, and Concerning Emil James Tresnak, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Shelton and Michael J. Streit of Morr & Shelton, P. C., Chariton, for appellant.

Stephen Meyer of Meyer Law Firm, Chariton, for appellee.

Catherine Pape Alexander, Diane Sue Daley and Christine M. Luzzie, Iowa City, for amicus curiae, organization of Women Law Students and Staff-University of Iowa College of Law.

Barbara J. Dougan, for amicus curiae, National Lawyers Guild-Iowa City Chapter.

David H. Vernon, N. William Hines, Barbara H. Schwartz and Christine Luzzie, Iowa City, for amicus curiae, Faculty of the University of Iowa College of Law.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, HARRIS, McCORMICK and LARSON, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves a parental dispute over custody of two sons, Rick, age eleven, and Ryan, age nine. The parents are Emil James Tresnak (Jim) and Linda Lou Tresnak (Linda) who were married in 1965. In the August 1979 decree dissolving the marriage, the trial court awarded custody of the children to Jim. Linda appeals. We reverse and remand.

Jim was twenty-four at the time of the marriage and had three years of college. Linda was nineteen...

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