1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 373 N.W.2d
  5. 373 N.W.2d 158 (1985)
 

IN RE MARRIAGE OF SHORT

No. 84-1935.

373 N.W.2d 158 (1985)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Sarah Kaye SHORT and Rickey James Short Upon the Petition of Sarah Kaye Short, Petitioner-Appellant, and Concerning Rickey James Short, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Dwyer and Stephen P. Wing of Walter Newport & Associates, Davenport, for petitioner-appellant.

Robert T. Yeager of HELP Legal Assistance, Davenport, for respondent-appellee.

Gary J. Rolfes of Petersen, Petersen & Eddy, Clinton, for the minor child.

Considered by DONIELSON, P.J., and SNELL, and HAYDEN, JJ.

HAYDEN, Judge.

Petitioner-wife appeals from the joint custody provision of the parties' dissolution decree which awarded primary physical care of their child to respondent-husband. She claims that joint custody is inappropriate in this case and that she should be awarded custody. We affirm.

Rick and Sarah Short were married in July of 1982, when he was 21 years old and she was 19. They are the parents of one son, Anthony, who was born a few days before the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases