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· 11/13/1974

In Re the Marriage of Winter

Citations

  • 223 N.W.2d 165
  • 1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1163

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding determining which parent can best minister to the needs of the children is the determinative factor
  • noting that the capacity of a parent to meet the child’s educational needs is a factor to consider in best-interests determinations
  • noting that the capacity of a parent to meet the child’s educational needs is a factor to consider in best-interests determinations
  • holding it would be “unduly 10 disruptive to upset the satisfactory relationships which have been established” and that “[d]ivided custody appears to be the least detrimental available alternative.”
  • providing nonexclusive factors for the district court to consider in a physical care determination
  • factoring in the nature of the proposed environment and the parents’ capacities to provide for the child’s material needs

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Judges: McCormick, Moore, Mason, Uh-Lenhopp, Reynoldson, McCor-mick

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