In re the Marriage of Yarlagadda
Venkata Subbarao Yarlagadda, Petitioner-Appellee,
Kiranmai Vsn Yarlagadda, n/k/a Kiranmai Vsn Talasila, Respondent-Appellant.
Attorney for Appellant
Robb D. Goedicke
Attorney for Appellee
David E. Brick and Allison M. Steuterman
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, David Nelmark, Judge. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Buller and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. (9 pages)
Kiranmai Yarlagadda appeals the decree dissolving her marriage with Venkata Yarlagadda. She argues that the property division was inequitable and that she should have been awarded traditional spousal support rather than only five years of rehabilitative spousal support. OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, we agree that the district court equitably divided the marital property. But given the parties’ twenty-two year marriage, disparity in their incomes, Kiranmai’s limited earning capacity and long-standing financial dependence on Venkata, and Kiranmai’s sacrifice of her medical career to be with Venkata, a traditional-spousal-support award is required to do equity between the parties. We thus affirm the decree as modified.
