In Re the Marriage of Swan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that workers’ compensation settlement “represent[ed] a replacement of income [the recipient] could otherwise have earned had he not been injured”
• holding that parents who reduce their income through an improper intent to deprive their children of support or in reckless disregard for their children’s well-being are not entitled to a commensurate reduction in child support payments
• requiring that “unless this discretion is grossly abused, the [trial court’s] decision must stand” (alteration in original) (citation omitted)
• apportioning workers’ compensation award over 126 weeks, consistent with its terms, when calculating the recipient parent’s income for child support purposes
• stating “unless this discretion is grossly abused, the [trial court’s] decision must stand” (alteration in original) (citation omitted)
• noting the statute at issue in contempt proceedings, Iowa Code section 598.23(1) (2013), takes a permissive approach

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).