Opinion ID: 2055953
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Heading: Reduction of Support During Periods of Visitation With Respondent

Text: Respondent is to have the children for approximately three weeks during spring and summer vacation periods. During those times, support payments are reduced by one-half. Petitioner asserts this is error, pointing to In re Marriage of Fleener, 247 N.W.2d 219, 221 (Iowa 1976) and In re Marriage of Glass, 213 N.W.2d 668, 670-71 (Iowa 1973), where we disapproved suspension of support payments during extended visitations with the father. We said much of the expense borne by the custodial parent continues while the children are temporarily out of the home and so should support payments. Here the trial court took that into account by reducing, rather than suspending, support payments. Whether this is mathematically correct is doubtful. However, we cannot say it imposes a hardship on petitioner, and it accomplishes substantial fairness.