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Litigating COVID-19 Vaccines in the Family Law Context

Posted on 01/06/2021 at 04:47 PM by Regan Conder

Categories: Family Law, Regan Conder

Tagged As: Child Custody, COVID-19, In Re Marriage of Rigdon, Iowa Court of Appeals, joint custody, Regan Conder, sole legal custody, vaccinations

Understanding Child Custody As stressful as disentangling a marriage is to the parents in the throes of a divorce, it is...

What's Mine is Mine: Dividing Gifted Property in Iowa Divorces

Posted on 01/30/2020 at 10:14 AM by Mary Zambreno

Categories: Family Law, Mary Zambreno

Tagged As: dividing gifted property, divorce attorney, divorce in Iowa, In re Marriage of Pleggenkuhle, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa divorce

When a gift benefits two parties to a divorce, who keeps the gift? Where the gift is an item, such as jewelry, where onl...

Iowa's Court of Appeals Answers Several Questions Regarding the State's "Byzantine" Drug Testing Statute - Part One

Posted on 01/28/2020 at 02:39 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug and alcohol testing, employee drug testing, Iowa Code Section 730.5, Iowa Court of Appeals

On January 9, 2020, the Iowa Court of Appeals released two opinions – Dix v. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. an...

Sub-Subcontractor Loses Mechanics’ Lien Rights

Posted on 08/07/2018 at 10:34 AM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: construction, contractors, due diligence, general contractors, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa mechanics' liens, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, LM Construction Inc v HGIK Hospitality LLC, mechanics' liens, subcontractors

A recent decision from the Iowa Court of Appeals highlights a significant trap for contractors working on commercial con...

Parents’ Payment of Kids’ Debt Gives Kids Right of Contribution

Posted on 08/02/2018 at 02:57 PM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: civil liability, Continuous Control Solution, debt, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Supreme Court, Shcharansky v Shapiro, Wells Fargo

The Iowa Supreme Court, in a factually complicated case involving multiple parties, lasting over nine year, and making t...

The Hesitancy Behind Recognizing Common Law Marriages

Posted on 07/18/2018 at 12:05 PM by Regan Conder

Categories: Family Law, Regan Conder, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: common law, common law marriage, divorce, divorce attorney, divorce attorney near me, divorce in Iowa, divorce lawyers, estate lawyer, estate planning, family court, family lawyers near me, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa family law, probate, Regan Conder, spousal support, trusts and estates

Committed relationships come in all shapes and sizes. As cultural norms shift and expand, the obligation to walk down th...

Iowa Supreme Court Levels the Playing Field for At-Will and Contract Employees

Posted on 07/17/2018 at 11:10 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: ackerman v state of Iowa, collective bargaining, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa Workforce Development, Public Employer Relations Board

In a case of first impression, the Iowa Supreme Court in Ackerman v. State of Iowa, IWD, et al. (June 15, 2018) held tha...

A couple of commas just changed Iowa’s mechanics’ lien law

Posted on 04/18/2017 at 11:28 AM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Construction Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: bank deposits, banks, construction, contractors, estate planning, estate planning attorney, general contractors, internet banking, Iowa banking law, Iowa banking law attorney, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa mechanics' liens, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Secretary of State, legal advice, mechanics' liens, online banking, property attorney, property law, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate law, subcontractors

On April 7, 2017, the governor signed significant legislation affecting contractors who may want to file a mechanics&rsq...

Buyers' beware: The doctrine of merger and non-mandatory disclosures

Posted on 04/10/2017 at 12:45 PM by William Serangeli

Categories: Bill Serangeli, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: Dickerson v Morse, Doctrine of Merger, estate planning, estate planning attorney, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Supreme Court, Lovlie v Plumb, Payton v Digiacomo, Phelan v Peeters, probate lawyer, property law, purchase agreement, real estate, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate lawyer near me, residential construction, residential real estate, residential real estate contracts

Despite growing criticisms that Offers to Buy or Purchase Agreements (“Offers”) are becoming too long and co...

Homestead Act trumps city ordinance

Posted on 02/28/2017 at 10:21 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: First American Bank, First American Bank v Urbandale Laser Wash, Homestead Act, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Supreme Court, Land Use & Zoning Law - Des Moines Iowa

As judgment debtor platting a homestead so as to comply with the half acre maximum allowed under Iowa’s homestead...

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