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…the current agreement of the parties-alternating weeks-is unworkable when the parties reside in two different school districts with approximately an hour drive in-between.
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Robyn Brown v. Layne Irwin
the current agreement of the parties-alternating weeks-is unworkable when the parties reside in two different school districts with approximately an hour drive in-between.
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In Re the Marriage of Amanda Jo Wilson and Ryan Eugene Wilson Upon the Petition of Amanda Jo Wilson, and Concerning Ryan Eugene Wilson
the current agreement of the parties-alternating weeks-is unworkable when the parties reside in two different school districts with approximately an hour drive in-between.
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Tayler Dawn Garland v. Brandon Scott Dunn
See In re Coats, No. 06-0452, 2006 WL 2265488 , at *1 n.1 (Iowa Ct. App. Aug. 9, 2006). 8 makes clear that geographic distance alone between co-parents can make joint- care agreements unfeasible, especially as “the stress of the commute falls on the child disproportionately.” Thorpe v. Hostetler, 949 N.W.2d 1 , 6–7 (Iowa Ct. App. 2020) (stating that a mother’s move one hour away meant the previous shared- care arrangement was no longer in the child’s best interests); see also Teggatz v. Ellingson, No. 19-1816, 2020 WL 2065944 , at *2 (Iowa Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2020) (finding the hour tr…
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Troy David Thorpe v. Kelsey Joann Hostetler
See Teggatz v. Ellingson, No. 19-1816, 2020 WL 2065944 at *2 (Iowa Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2020) (finding the hour travel time between the parties’ homes was a “major obstacle” to joint physical care); Slayman, 2017 WL 2181865, at *3 (declining to award joint physical care because a ninety-eight mile commute was not in the best interest of the child); Fitch v. Wurtz, No. 12-1646, 2013 WL 988897 , at *3 (Iowa Ct. App. Mar. 13, 2013) (noting that relocation of parent to location more than fifty miles away may deprive child of benefits of joint physical care requiring a change in the plan); In re…
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United States v. Julie Miller
See State v. DeBruin, 725 N.W.2d 658 , 2006 WL 3017852 (Iowa App. 2006).
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United States v. Julie Miller
See State v. DeBruin, 725 N.W.2d 658 , 2006 WL 3017852 (Iowa App.2006).
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IN RE MARRIAGE OF METCALF.
06-0324.
Court of Appeals of Iowa.
Oct 25, 2006.
Cited by 4 opinions | Published
Decision without published opinion. Affirmed.