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GAY v. CAIRNS

No. 64718.

298 N.W.2d 313 (1980)

Don GAY, Appellant, v. Nancy CAIRNS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Jay, Drake Law Office, Centerville, for appellant.

Donald W. Harris, Bloomfield, for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McCORMICK and McGIVERIN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Does a father who has acknowledged paternity of an illegitimate child have a right to visit the child as long as the visitation is in the best interests of the child? We believe he does and reverse the trial court's dismissal of the father's petition for visitation.

Plaintiff Don Gay, the acknowledged father of the child, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus against defendant Nancy Cairns, the natural mother, seeking visitation rights...

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