IN RE MARRIAGE OF CARR

No. 97-798.

591 N.W.2d 627 (1999)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Laura Lee CARR and Lex Bradford Parr. Upon the Petition of Laura Lee Carr, Appellee, And Concerning Lex Bradford Parr, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Jalovec of Humphrey and Haas, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and M. Elise Pippin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Child Support Recovery Unit.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, TERNUS, and CADY, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

Lex Bradford Parr appeals from the district court's determination of the amount to be withheld from his workers' compensation settlement for application to his child support obligation. The issue is what amount of his settlement is exempt from garnishment pursuant to Iowa Code section 627.13 (1997). Although we conclude fifty percent of the settlement was subject to garnishment, we affirm the district...

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