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Case No. 20-1211

David A. McCullough
v.
Morgan L. Cornette

Appellee

David A. McCullough

Appellant

Morgan L. Cornette

Attorney for the Appellee

Paul A. Aitken

Attorney for the Appellant

Lynne C. Jasper

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
20-1211
Date Published:
Apr 14, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Stuart P. Werling, Judge.  AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.  Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ.  Opinion by Ahlers, J.  (9 pages)

            The mother of a minor child appeals the decision of the district court granting the child’s father physical care and setting the mother’s visitation rights.  OPINION HOLDS: Because the mother put the child in harm’s way by abusing methamphetamine and other concerns with her parenting, we agree physical care of the child should be placed with the father.  We modify visitation to continue the parties’ prior arrangement of allowing the child to visit with the mother every Wednesday.  We deny both parties’ claims for appellate attorney fees.

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