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IN RE MARRIAGE OF ARMETTA

No. 86-1783.

417 N.W.2d 223 (1987)

In re MARRIAGE OF Mary ARMETTA and Michael Joseph Armetta, Upon the Petition of Mary Armetta, Petitioner-Appellant, And Concerning Michael Joseph Armetta, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McCarthy, of McCarthy & Lammers, Davenport, for petitioner-appellant.

Mark D. Cleve, of McDonald, Stonebraker & Cepican, Davenport, for respondent-appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and SCHLEGEL and SACKETT, JJ.

SACKETT, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether a homestead is exempt from execution for a child support judgment entered after the homestead was acquired where the child was born prior to the acquisition of the homestead. We must determine whether an obligation to support one's child becomes a debt within the meaning of Iowa Code section 561.21 (1985)1 at the child's birth.

Amoreen Armetta was born to Michael and Mary Armetta...

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