ADAMSON v. RICE

No. 90-822.

478 N.W.2d 414 (1991)

Wayne ADAMSON, Plaintiff, and Linda Adamson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bob E. RICE, Sheriff of Polk County, and Pamela Adamson, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Hall, Ankeny, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. O'Keefe, Asst. County Atty., for defendant-appellee Bob Rice.

Gary R. Hassel, Des Moines, for defendant-appellee Pamela Adamson.

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


SCHLEGEL, Presiding Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether a father's homestead is exempt from execution for a child support obligation where he is remarried and his current wife received no notice of the execution. The trial court held an after-acquired homestead may be subject to judicial sale to pay delinquent child support and the second wife was not entitled to notice. We reverse and remand.

In April 1981 Wayne and Pamela were divorced. As part of...

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