IN RE MARRIAGE OF FRAZIER

No. 22-0686.

1 N.W.3d 775 (2024)

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF Mary C. FRAZIER and Shannon L. Frazier. Upon the Petition of Mary C. Frazier n/k/a Mary C. Streicher, Appellant, and concerning Shannon L. Frazier, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob R. Koller (argued) and Ryan C. Shellady of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman, PLC, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Richard A. Davidson (argued) of Lane & Waterman, LLP, Davenport, for appellee.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Mansfield, Oxley, and McDermott, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which May, J., joined. Waterman, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.


The issue in this case is not whether the district court ever has the authority to resolve a dispute between separated parents over an important decision affecting their children, but rather when and how the district court may resolve that dispute. Here, divorced parents with joint legal custody disagree...

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