IN RE MARRIAGE OF LAMBERT

No. 86-1780.

426 N.W.2d 649 (1988)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Charla J. LAMBERT and Larry N. Lambert, Upon the Petition of Charla J. Lambert, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning Larry N. Lambert, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger J. Kuhle, Des Moines, for respondent-appellant.

Clark L. Holmes of Piazza, Holmes & Beery, Des Moines, for petitioner-appellee.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.


SCHLEGEL, Presiding Judge.

This action for dissolution of marriage has become a bitter custody dispute, in which the real loser is the child involved. The case is nearly a textbook example of what occurs when a child is neglected by parents whose interests are given priority over the needs of their children. The difficult decision in this case is not which parent should have physical custody of Lincoln, the seventeen-year-old child, but why either parent should have...

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