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· 3/25/1998

In Re the Marriage of Walters

Citations

  • 575 N.W.2d 739
  • 1998 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 56
  • 1998 WL 134230

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating a support order may not be modified based on a decrease in income that is self-inflicted or voluntary
  • reducing the father's child-support obligation after he was incarcerated even though the reduction in earnings was the result of a voluntary criminal activity
  • noting 14 district court rulings concerning child custody modifications should only be disturbed if there is a failure to do equity
  • stating a support order may not be modified based on a decrease in income that is self-inflicted or voluntary
  • finding father’s reduction in income resulting 8 from criminal activity, though voluntary, was not done with an improper intent to deprive children of support
  • finding a noncustodial parent’s reduction in income and earning capacity that was the result of his voluntarily criminal activity was not done with an improper intent to deprive his children of support

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Judges: Larson, Carter, Snell, Andreasen, Ternus

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