IN RE MARRIAGE OF NELSON

No. 01-0780.

654 N.W.2d 551 (2002)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Richard L. NELSON and Jane M. Nelson. Upon the Petition of Richard Lawrence Nelson, Jr., Appellant, And Concerning Jane Marie Nelson, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Bjorklund, Coralville, for appellant.

Robert N. Johnson, III, of Saunders, Humphrey & Johnson, LLP, Ft. Madison, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

The district court and the court of appeals concluded the appellant, Richard Nelson, should pay increased child support to his former wife, appellee Jane Nelson, for the Nelsons' disabled adult child, Marie. We reject Richard's contention that Marie is capable of being self-supporting. Because we also conclude that the amount of support ordered by the district court is fair and reasonable, we affirm the decision of the court of appeals and the judgment...

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