IN RE MARRIAGE OF MIKELSON

No. 64941.

299 N.W.2d 670 (1980)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Gay MIKELSON and Thomas Lee Mikelson upon the petition of Gay Mikelson, Appellee, and Concerning Thomas Lee Mikelson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Sharon A. Mellon of Mellon & Spies, Iowa City, for appellee.

Emmit J. George, Iowa City, for amicus curiae, Iowa City Chapter of NAACP.

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


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the trial court erred in refusing in part to modify child custody and child support provisions of a dissolution decree. Respondent Thomas Lee Mikelson asked that the decree be modified to award him custody of the three children of the parties. Petitioner Gay Mikelson did not oppose transfer of custody of the parties' 14-year-old son, Dana, but resisted a change in custody of the younger two children, Joel, then 11,...

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