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PETITION OF MEYERS-THOMPSON

No. 96-1397.

577 N.W.2d 643 (1998)

Upon the Petition of Christine R. MYERS-THOMPSON, Plaintiff, And Concerning Bryan D. Thompson, Defendant. D.M.H., A Minor Child, by His Father and Next Friend, David J. HEFEL and T.J.M., A Minor Child, by Her Father and Next Friend, Richard A. Bartolomei, Appellants, v. Bryan D. THOMPSON and Christine R. Myers-Thompson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Foxhoven and Richard A. Bartolomei, Des Moines, for appellants.

Leslie Babich of Babich, McConnell & Renzo, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Christine Myers-Thompson

No appearance by appellee Bryan Thompson.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

This appeal presents the following question: Do children under age eighteen have a right of action for relief against domestic abuse when they witness such abuse against family or household members? We hold they do not. We therefore affirm the district court's dismissal of third-party petitions brought by noncustodial parents on behalf of their children who witnessed domestic abuse against their mother...

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