IN RE MARRIAGE OF THOMAS

No. 66078.

319 N.W.2d 209 (1982)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Mylene THOMAS and Charles James Thomas. Upon the Petition of Mylene Thomas, Appellant, And Concerning Charles James Thomas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ellefson of Lundy, Butler & Lundy, Eldora, for appellant.

Charles F. Fairall of Fairall, Fairall, Reeves & Kaplan, Marshalltown, for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

An Iowa statute, enacted in 1977, specifies in considerable detail the criteria to be considered by a trial court in dividing property in dissolution of marriage cases. § 598.21, The Code 1981. One provision of this statute addresses property which a party inherited or received as a gift prior to or during the marriage. Such property "... is the property of that party and is not subject to a property division under this section except upon a...

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