5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Re Marriage of Hynick.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re Marriage of Hynick Anchor | green | “when joint physical care is not warranted, the court must choose one parent to be the primary caretaker, awarding the other parent visitation rights.” | 11 |
| 2 | In Re the Marriage of Schriner | green | “this broad declaration means the property included in the divisible estate includes not only property acquired during the marriage by one or both of the parties, but property owned prior to the marriage by a party.” | 6 |
| 3 | Montgomery v. Wells | green | “iowa code chapter 600b confers subject matter jurisdiction upon the district court to decide cases of paternity, custody, visitation and support between unmarried parties.” | 5 |
| 4 | Braunschweig v. Fahrenkrog | green | “section 600b.40 grants the district court authority to determine matters of custody and visitation as it would under iowa code section 598.41” | 5 |
| 5 | In re Fiscus | green | “in a proceeding to determine custody or visitation, . . . the court may award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.