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· 6/26/1974

In Re the Marriage of Bowen

Citations

  • 219 N.W.2d 683
  • 1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1045

How courts have described this case

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  • abandoning inference children are better served by awarding custody to their mothers instead of their fathers
  • abandoning inference that children are better served by placing custody with mothers instead of fathers
  • in marriage dissolution, the inference that the best interests of young children are served if custody is awarded to their mother instead of their father is not justified and hence abandoned
  • in marriage dissolution, the inference that the best interests of young children are served if custody is awarded to their mother instead of their father is not justified and hence abandoned
  • abandoning preference for mothers in custody determinations
  • abandoning preference for mothers in custody determinations

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Judges: McCormick, Moore, Mason, Rees, Reynoldson, Me-Cormick

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