Deauntre Will Smith
v.
Jessika Nicole Chesmore
Appellee
Deauntre Will Smith
Appellant
Jessika Nicole Chesmore
Attorney for the Appellee
Jeannette Keller
Attorneys for the Appellant
Eric D. Puryear
Eric S. Mail
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Muscatine County, Tamra Roberts, Judge. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED. Considered by Ahlers, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Badding, J. (14 pages)
A mother appeals a custody decree under Iowa Code chapter 600B (2021), claiming the court should have (1) granted the parties joint legal custody as they agreed; (2) adopted the parties’ stipulated visitation schedule; and (3) placed Z.A.S. in her physical care. OPINION HOLDS: We modify the district court’s decree to place the child in the parties’ joint legal custody. The court’s decision to place the child in the father’s physical care is affirmed, as is its in-person visitation schedule, although we modify the decree to provide for video calls with the child.
