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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 0-754 / 10-0905 Filed December 22, 2010

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF MARY ELIZABETH LANGE AND CALVIN J. LANGE Upon the Petition of MARY ELIZABETH LANGE, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning CALVIN J. LANGE, Respondent-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Humboldt County, Thomas J. Bice, Judge.

A father appeals from the district court's order denying his application to modify the child custody provisions of a dissolution decree. REVERSED AND REMANDED.

Dan T. McGrevey, Fort Dodge, for appellant. Dani L. Eisentrager, Eagle Grove, for appellee.

Heard by Sackett, C.J., and Vogel and Vaitheswaran, JJ.

2 VOGEL, J. Calvin Lange appeals from the district court's order denying his request to modify the child custody provisions of his and Mary Lange's (n/k/a Mary Fowler) dissolution decree. He asserts that the district court should have granted him physical care of the parties' three children.1 I. Background Facts and Proceedings Calvin and Mary's marriage was dissolved in January 2005. They have three children: T.L. (born in 1999), J.L. (born in 2000), and S.L. (born in 2001). Calvin and Mary entered into a stipulation which granted each parent joint legal custody of the children, with Mary having physical care and Calvin visitation. In March 2009, Calvin sought to modify physical care of the children, asserting there had been a significant change of circumstances since the entry of the decree, warranting modification. A trial was held in May 2010. In addition to the parties, numerous witnesses testified, including Mary's mother, Carolyn; her brother, James; James' girlfriend, Rebecca; Mary's former friend, Hope Hernandez; Calvin's fianc

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