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Case No. 20-0621

In re the Marriage of True

Michael Lawrence True, Petitioner-Appellant

Wendy Sue True, n/k/a Wendy Sue Robinson Koch, Respondent-Appellee

Attorney for Appellant

M. Leanne Tyler

Attorney for Appellee

Robert DeKock

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
20-0621
Date Published:
Jan 21, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Muscatine County, Thomas G. Reidel, Judge.  REVERSED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Greer, JJ.  Opinion by Bower, C.J.  (5 pages)

            Michael True appeals from the district court’s ruling that a Tennessee dissolution decree may be modified to require postsecondary education subsidies.  OPINION HOLDS: Iowa courts do not have the authority to grant relief that is contrary to Tennessee law.  We therefore reverse the district court’s ruling that the Tennessee decree could be modified with respect to possible postsecondary education subsidies.

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