Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Wendell

  • 581 N.W.2d 197
  • 1998 Iowa App. LEXIS 31
  • 1998 WL 353755
Court
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Filed
Apr 24, 1998
Status
Published
Author
Huitink
On the bench
Cady, Huitink, Streit, Sackett
Cited by
41 cases

stating the recipient of spousal support resisting its termination has the burden to show “extraordinary circumstances” to justify its continuation

How later courts described this case

  • stating the recipient of spousal support resisting its termination has the burden to show “extraordinary circumstances” to justify its continuation
  • "The imposition and length of an award of traditional alimony is primarily predicated on need and ability."
  • noting that consideration of the value of premarital property “may justify a full credit, but it is not required”
  • “Rehabilitative and reimbursement [support], for example, are often unaffected by remarriage.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

HUITINK, Judge

(specially concurring).

I concur in the result only.

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