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In re the Marriage of Gast and Sullivan
Joseph Thomas Gast, Petitioner-Appellant
Shannon Mary-Chyenne Sullivan, Respondent-Appellee
Attorney for Appellant
Joseph Thomas Gast, self-represented
Attorney for Appellee
Dustin A. Baker
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Monica Zrinyi Ackley, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Buller and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. (11 pages)
Joseph Gast appeals from the decree dissolving his marriage with Shannon Sullivan, granting physical care of their daughter to Sullivan, and ordering him to pay Sullivan rehabilitative spousal support and attorney fees. OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, giving the district court’s decisions the deference we must, we cannot say the physical care or spousal support awards fail to do equity. The court’s award of attorney fees was not an abuse of discretion. We also decline to award appellate attorney fees and costs. And Gast failed to preserve error on his due-process or recusal issues by raising them first before the district court.
