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In re the Marriage of Horacek
Ronald Dean Horacek, Petitioner-Appellee
Wanda Kay Horacek, n/k/a Wanda Kay Jensen, Respondent-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant
Jay P. Phipps
Attorney for Appellee
Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Roger L. Sailer, Judge. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Tabor and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (10 pages)
Wanda Horacek appeals the spousal-support award in the decree dissolving her twenty-five-year marriage to Ronald (Ron) Horacek. She contests the district court’s award of rehabilitative spousal support in the amount of $700 per month for twenty-four months, claiming she is entitled to traditional spousal support for the remainder of her life in the amount of $1500 per month. Wanda and Ron each ask us to award them appellate attorney fees. OPINION HOLDS: We modify the spousal-support award to give Wanda traditional alimony of $1000 per month until Ron retires or dies or Wanda remarries, cohabits, or dies—whichever occurs first. We order Ron to pay $2000 of Wanda’s appellate attorney fees.
