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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 6-988 / 06-0668 Filed February 14, 2007

Upon the Petition of CAROLINE LUTER-FRENCH, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning GEORGE HENDRED, Respondent-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Thomas M. Horan, Judge.

George Hendred appeals from the ruling on Caroline Luter-French's petition to establish custody, physical care, child support, and visitation. AFFIRMED.

Caroline Luter-French, Cedar Rapids, pro se.

Sheree L. Smith, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Considered by Mahan, P.J., and Miller and Vaitheswaran, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, J. George Hendred and Caroline Luter-French are the unmarried parents of Cair'ron, born in 2001, and Calaisha, born in 2003. The parents separated in 2005. Luter-French filed a petition to establish custody, physical care, child

support, and visitation. Following trial, the court determined that "it would be in the long-term best interests of the minor children . . . that [Hendred and LuterFrench] have joint physical care of the two minor children." Hendred has

appealed this aspect of the court's ruling, contending he should have been awarded physical care of the children. He also argues that the court should have imputed additional income to Luter-French in calculating child support. I. Physical Care A district court may award joint physical care when it is in the best interests of the children. See Iowa Code

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