IN RE MARRIAGE OF FREEL

No. 88-1322.

448 N.W.2d 26 (1989)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Tracy Ann FREEL and Neal Von Ahsen. Upon the Petition of Tracy Ann Freel, Appellee, And Concerning Neal Marvin Von Ahsen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Babich of Babich, Bennett, Nickerson & Newlin, Des Moines, for appellant.

Deborah McKittrick and Kolleen K. Samek, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER and NEUMAN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

The equities in this case strongly favor a woman who seeks visitation rights with the young boy to whom she is closely knit in bonds of affection. Although not related to him, she nurtured the boy in the role of a mother during five years she lived with his father. Under the controlling legal principles we are obliged to hold she cannot be awarded visitation. We reverse a trial court ruling to the contrary.

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