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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 1-863 / 11-0386 Filed December 7, 2011

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF DENNIA L. KELSEY AND MICHAEL J. KELSEY Upon the Petition of DENNIA L. KELSEY, n/k/a DENNIA L. QUINN, Petitioner-Appellant, And Concerning MICHAEL J. KELSEY, Respondent-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Mitchell E. Turner, Judge.

A mother appeals from a district court order modifying the physical care provision of the parties' dissolution decree. AFFIRMED.

Thomas J. Viner of Jacobsen, Johnson & Viner, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant. Angela M. Railsback of Railsback Law Office, Cedar Rapids, for appellee. Jenny Schulz of Kids First Law Center, Cedar Rapids, for minor child.

Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Potterfield and Doyle, JJ.

2 DOYLE, J. Dennia Kelsey, now known as Dennia Quinn, appeals from a district court order modifying the physical care provision of the decree dissolving her marriage to Michael Kelsey. Upon our de novo review, we affirm. I. Background Facts and Proceedings. Michael and Dennia divorced in August 2006. They have one child

together. The stipulated dissolution decree placed the child in the parties' joint legal custody and Dennia's physical care. The visitation schedule, however,

established what was essentially a joint physical care arrangement, under which the parties alternated care of the child weekly. That schedule remained in place until January 2007 when Dennia moved to Minnesota with her fianc

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