In Re Marriage of Kurtt

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• noting appellate courts in Iowa discourage the retention of jurisdiction
• declining to award appellate fees to the unsuccessful party
• affirming a spousal support award based on payee’s disability
• “In determining whether to award appellate attorney fees, we consider the needs of the party making the request, the ability of the other party to pay, and whether the party making the request was obligated to defend the decision of the trial court on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).