IN RE MARRIAGE OF HALVORSEN

No. 93-1490.

521 N.W.2d 725 (1994)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Robert J. HALVORSEN and Christine R. Halvorsen. Upon the Petition of Robert J. HALVORSEN, Appellant, And Concerning Christine R. Halvorsen, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Borseth of Borseth & Genest Law Offices, Pleasant Hill, for appellant.

Constance Peschang Stannard, Iowa City, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

This appeal from a dissolution decree involves a custody dispute over a child who is not the biological child of the husband. The stepparent seeks custody of the child claiming that the mother should be equitably estopped from denying his paternity or that she waived her rights to deny his paternity. The district court found the husband was not the father of the child, nor was the mother equitably estopped from denying the husband's paternity....

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