IN RE MARRIAGE OF FOREST

No. 55468.

201 N.W.2d 728 (1972)

In Re the MARRIAGE of Connie Sue FOREST and Kenneth Wayne Forest. Upon the Petition of Connie Sue FOREST, Appellee, v. And Concerning Kenneth Wayne FOREST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart, Wimer, Brennan & Joyce, Des Moines, for appellant.

Peddicord, Simpson & Sutphin, and Michael G. Shepherd, Des Moines, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS, and McCORMICK, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The decision in this appeal turns on whether the interests of two children will best be served by granting custody of them to Connie Sue Forest, their mother, or to Kenneth Wayne Forest, their father.

The parties were married in 1960. Two children were born to them, a boy aged 10 at time of trial in 1971 and a girl aged eight. During most of the marriage the parties had a normal family life, although Mr. Forest was somewhat inattentive...

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