Section 9.33 Other States

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

B. (§9.33) Other States

In In re Guardianship of A.B.G., 767 N.W.2d 420 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009), the children were born in St. Louis but moved with their father between St. Louis and Decorah, Iowa, numerous times between 2005 and 2006. The court analyzed the UCCJEA and found that neither Iowa nor Missouri qualified as the children’s home state because they did not live in either state for at least six consecutive months before the filing of the proceeding. Id. at 3. The court held that the father and children...