# In Re the Marriage of Hettinga

> Court of Appeals of Iowa · December 29, 1997 · 574 N.W.2d 920

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9542797

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re the MARRIAGE OF Carolyn HETTINGA and George Hettinga. Upon the Petition of Carolyn Hettinga, Appellee, and Concerning George Hettinga, Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Iowa
- **Decided:** December 29, 1997
- **Citations:** 574 N.W.2d 920; 1997 Iowa App. LEXIS 121; 1997 WL 856651
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Vogel
- **Judges:** Cady, Sackett, Huitink, Vogel, Streit
- **Cited by:** 54 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting payee’s “disability render[ed] her incapable of self-support now or in the future” and made “[h]er need for alimony . . . absolute” and finding the payor had the ability to pay based on his receipt of passive rental income
- noting that spousal support “provide[s] the receiving spouse with support comparable to what he or she would receive if the marriage continued.”
- noting payee’s “disability render[ed] her incapable of self-support now or in the future,” making “[h]er need for alimony . . . absolute”

## Opinion text

VOGEL, Judge
(dissenting).
I dissent. I find the amount of alimony set by the trial court adequately remedies inequities between the parties at this stage of their lives and the attendant economic consequences of the dissolution. To modify by reducing the amount of alimony, greatly reduces Carolyn’s ability to be able to meet her basic needs. Furthermore, relieving George’s estate of future alimony payments, although appropriate under certain circumstances, in this ease minimizes Carolyn’s continuing need for financial support.
I would affirm the district court’s decision in all respects.
STREIT, J., joins this dissent.

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