In Re the Marriage of Thielges

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• holding that language in decree cannot “predetermine what future circumstances will warrant a future modification”
• holding mother’s proposed move to North Dakota to get a fresh start and be near family was a substantial change in circumstances
• holding mother’s move to North Dakota constituted a substantial change in circumstances not contemplated by the decretal court
• noting that in addition to proving a substantial change of circumstances supporting modification, the moving party “must also prove . . . an ability to minister more effectively to the well-being of the parties’ children”
• denying modification when the record suggested one child’s “preference has more to do with her Iowa friends and school than it does with [her parents]”
• placing heavier burden on parent “seeking the most significant modification” — one that “would remove the parties’ children from [their mother?s] physical care and place them in [the father’s] physical care”

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