IN RE MARRIAGE OF ORTE

No. 85-57.

389 N.W.2d 373 (1986)

In re the MARRIAGE of Steven J. ORTE and Teresa Ann Orte. Upon The Petition of Steven J. Orte, Appellant, And Concerning Teresa Ann Orte, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Schilling, Burlington, for appellant.

John McMillian Perkins, Fairfield, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

We granted further review of a court of appeals decision reversing a dissolution decree which had granted physical care of the parties' minor child to the mother. See Iowa Code sections 598.41(2) and (5), regarding orders for custody and physical care in dissolution cases.

Shawn Orte, the son of Steven Orte and Teresa Orte, was born on April 19, 1982. At the time of trial, he was two and one-half years old. Teresa Orte had two other...

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