John continued to work at John Deere and the farm following the dissolution, continuing to use his John Deere income to subsidize and grow the farming operation as planned. She also continued to work as a home healthcare worker, averaging twenty-nine hours a week at a rate of $20 per hour. Jeanette’s father passed away in 2016, but she did not receive her inheritance until after she and John divorced.3 She used the money to pay off the mortgage on her home-a home assessed at $415,000. The decree also divided the parties’ retirement accounts and awarded Jeanette a portion of John’s John Deere pension. In terms of property division, John paid Jeanette a $450,000 equalization payment and must make an additional payment of $200,000 on or before September 1, 2024. It also obligated John to pay Jeanette child support. The parties’ 2018 decree obligated John to pay Jeanette spousal support of $3500 per month until July 1, 2028, and then $3000 per month terminating on June 30, 2030. Eventually Jeanette took a part-time job providing home healthcare. 2 By “significant,” we mean the bonuses often nearly matched or even eclipsed his base salary, as reflected in John’s annual wages shown on his tax returns and his Social Security earnings statements. However, it appears he runs the farming operation as a sole proprietor and has verbal agreements with the other men to split costs and profits in equal shares. John focused on his career at John Deere and a farming operation he subsidized through his John Deere income.1 John’s base salary at John Deere was $201,000 and he regularly received significant annual bonuses.2 Meanwhile, Jeanette focused on raising their children, caring for the family home, 1 John shares his crop-farming operation with his brother and his cattle operation with his brother and another man. John and Jeanette would go on to have two more children. Jeanette worked as a receptionist until the birth of their first child. John worked for John Deere since he completed an internship with the company in 1989. Jeanette attended Iowa State University for three and one-half years to study fashion merchandising but never graduated. Facts and Prior Proceedings The parties married in 1997. In response, John filed this modification action seeking modification of his spousal support and child support obligations. Since entry of the decree, John’s employment has drastically changed. The decree also obligated John to pay Jeanette child support. The decree provided Jeanette with spousal support. In 2018, Jeanette and John O’Brien dissolved their twenty-one-year marriage by stipulated decree. Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Ahlers and Buller, JJ. Anjela Shutts and Katelyn Kurt of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee. Blau of O’Connor & Thomas, P.C., Dubuque, for appellant. John O’Brien appeals following the denial of his petition to modify the spousal and child support provisions of his dissolution decree. _ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Monica Zrinyi Ackley, Judge. O’BRIEN, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning JOHN J. 22-0621 Filed DecemIN RE THE MARRIAGE OF JEANETTE N. Unauthorized or improper use of the system may be punishable under application sections of the U.S.IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. Use of this system implies consent to monitoring of any and all activities associated with its use. This computer system is for authorized use only. Public case documents can be viewed on a public access terminal at the courthouse in the county where the case was filed.Ĭontact the clerk of court in the county where the case was filed: Court Directory | Iowa Judicial Branch ()Ĭan't access or log into Iowa Courts Online?Ĭontact the Technical Help Desk at or 1-80, Monday - Friday 7 AM - 5 PM except holidays. City parking violations cannot be paid on Iowa Courts Online. Making payments online is free and does not require registration or subscription. Registration or subscription is not required. It is maintained by all clerk of court offices in Iowa.Īnyone with Internet access can view the public docket. The docket is an index of the filings and proceedings in court cases. Iowa Courts Online Search Iowa Courts OnlineĪccess the electronic docket of Iowa's state court system
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