Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2/25/1994

Nicolou v. Clements

Citations

516 N.W.2d 905
1994 Iowa App. LEXIS 22
1994 WL 176878

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holding custodial parent who instilled anxieties in child toward noncustodial parent may not use those anxieties as justification to block visitation
requiring parent seeking change in visitation schedule to show there has been a change of circumstances “to justify a modification of visitation rights” (emphasis added)
relying on credibility determinations made by the district court regarding one parent who influenced negative feelings the child held for the other parent
“The degree of change required in a modification of visitation rights is much less than the change required in a modification for custody.”
“The court recognizes that a custodial parent has the power to instill anxieties in a child toward the noncustodial parent.”
“[C]ertainly [experts’] testimony must be accorded weight, but their final conclusions are not binding on the trial of fact nor on the appellate courts.”

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Judges: Sackett, Habhab, Peterson

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