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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 0-035 / 09-0909 Filed July 28, 2010

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF HARBANS SINGH DEOL AND KATHY MCCORMICK DEOL Upon the Petition of HARBANS SINGH DEOL, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning KATHY MCCORMICK DEOL, Respondent-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Jefferson County, Dan F. Morrison, Judge.

Kathy Deol appeals from the economic provisions of a dissolution decree. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

Lori L. Klockau of Bray & Klockau, P.L.C., Iowa City, for appellant. Randall B. Willman of Leff Law Firm, L.L.P., Iowa City, for appellee.

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

2 VAITHESWARAN, P.J. Harbans and Kathy Deol married in 1986 and divorced in 2008. The

district court awarded Kathy rehabilitative rather than traditional spousal support and held her exclusively responsible for her student loans. Kathy takes issue with these aspects of the dissolution decree. I. Spousal Support Our courts have recognized various types of spousal support, including traditional support for spouses who are incapable of self-support and rehabilitative support for spouses who need assistance in their efforts to achieve self-support. See In re Marriage of Becker, 756 N.W.2d 822, 826 (Iowa 2008). The district court awarded Kathy rehabilitative spousal support of "$1750 per month for 24 months, then $1250 per month for 36 months and finally $750 per month for 36 months." Kathy maintains she should have received traditional support of $5000 per month until she remarries, reaches age sixty-five, or either party dies. Several statutory factors are relevant in assessing the amount of spousal support, including the age of the parties and their health, educational level, and work experience. Iowa Code

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