Opinion ID: 1674552
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Heading: Award for attorney fees in district court.

Text: The appendix contains an itemized statement of the services of petitioner's attorney in the district court. Single-spaced, it fills two pages of the appendix and includes services extending over a period of eight months. In several recent decisions we have set out elements to be considered in the determination of reasonable attorney fees. See In re Marriage of Jennerjohn, 203 N.W.2d 237 (Iowa 1972); In re Marriage of Jayne, 200 N.W.2d 532 (Iowa 1972). Here the sums involved, the complexity of respondent's property holdings, the responsibility assumed and the professional standing and experience of the attorney might well justify an award greater than the $1500 fixed by trial court. But in absence of an itemization of time spent by the attorney, and giving weight to the trial court's finding, we are not justified in now substituting our judgment for his.