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IN RE MARRIAGE OF CERVETTI

No. 92-1294.

497 N.W.2d 897 (1993)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Debra M. CERVETTI and Ronald G. Cervetti. Upon the Petition of Debra M. Moore f/k/a Debra M. Cervetti, Appellant, And Concerning Ronald G. Cervetti, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy S. White and Deborah J. Hughes of White & Johnson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Jay A. Nardini of Ball, Kirk, Holm & Nardini, P.C., Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

NEUMAN, Judge.

This case reaches us following the district court's denial of petitioner's pre-answer motion to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds. The question is whether the Iowa district court should exercise jurisdiction in this child custody modification action, or defer to the children's home state of North Carolina. We granted interlocutory appeal to consider petitioner's challenge to the district court's decision and now reverse.

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