IN RE MARRIAGE OF SHIMA

No. 83-985.

360 N.W.2d 827 (1985)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Kay Ann SHIMA and Larry J. Shima. Upon the Petition of Kay Ann Shima, Appellant, And Concerning Larry J. Shima, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Lowther, Ames, for appellant.

David W. Benson of Smith, Nutty, Sharp & Benson, Ames, for appellee.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

We granted further review in this case to assess the impact of the court of appeals decision on a prior line of Iowa cases regarding the effect of a remarriage on the obligation of a spouse to pay alimony. We vacate the court of appeals decision and affirm the trial court, which had ruled that the remarriage terminated the husband's obligations to pay alimony.

The marriage of these parties was dissolved in a decree which provided in part that...

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