IN RE MARRIAGE OF HUNNELL

No. 86-571.

398 N.W.2d 877 (1987)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Gary B. HUNNELL and Wilma J. Hunnell. Upon the Petition of Gary B. Hunnell, Appellant, and Concerning Wilma J. Hunnell, Respondent, Barbara and Robert Dawson, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Lenihan of Reed & Lenihan, Des Moines, for appellant.

Robert C. Oberbillig, Des Moines, for intervenors-appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, WOLLE, LAVORATO and NEUMAN, JJ.


WOLLE, Justice.

This appeal concerns the custody of two minor children, Anna Hunnell born on May 1, 1974, and Jessica Hunnell born on September 13, 1977. When the trial court in chambers asked eleven year old Anna what she thought this case was all about, she candidly answered, "About my mom and my dad and my aunt fighting, trying to get custody." The mother, Wilma Jean Capers (Jean), had received custody in the initial...

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