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Case No. 20-0367

In re the Marriage of Hight

Mary Hight, Petitioner-Appellee

Justin Hight, Respondent-Appellant

Attorney for Appellant

Robert S. Gallagher and Peter G. Gierut

Attorney for Appellee

Arthur Buzzell

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
20-0367
Date Published:
Jan 21, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Marlita A. Greve, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Mullins, P.J., and May and Schumacher, JJ.  Opinion by Schumacher, J.  (9 pages)

            Husband appeals from the dissolution decree challenging the district court’s award of physical care of the three minor children to the mother and alternatively seeks an increase in summer visitation.  The wife seeks an award of attorney fees.  OPINION HOLDS: It is in the children’s best interest that physical care be placed with the mother, and we decline to modify the district court’s allocation of summer visitation rights.  We hold the wife is not entitled to an award of appellate attorney fees. 

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