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IN RE MARRIAGE OF BURHAM

No. 61892.

283 N.W.2d 269 (1979)

In re MARRIAGE of Robert L. BURHAM and Carla M. Burham. Upon the Petition of Robert L. Burham, Appellant, and concerning Carla M. Burham, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Allen, of Allen, Babich & Bennett, Des Moines, for appellant.

James R. Cook, of Flagg, Hockett, Benhart, Golden & Cook, Des Moines, for appellee.

Gary R. Hassel, Des Moines, for minor children.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, HARRIS, ALLBEE, and LARSON, JJ.

ALLBEE, Justice.

In this appeal we again are confronted with the Solomonic burden of determining the custody of children. Both petitioner, Robert L. Burham, and respondent, Carla M. Burham, appeal from the granting to them of joint custody of their two minor daughters. Both parties characterize the joint custody provision of the final decree of dissolution of their marriage as untenable; they both urge that it should be changed to give one parent the permanent custody...

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