After trial and another appeal, the court of appeals held the district court did not err in rejecting the husband's request to reconsider "the issue of whether he committed extrinsic fraud when he did not disclose the contingency fee cases." In re Marriage of Rhinehart , No. 12-0287, 2013 WL 530838, at *4 (Iowa Ct. App. Feb. 13, 2013). In In re Marriage of Stanbrough , the court of appeals held there was "sufficient evidence of extrinsic fraud to warrant vacation of the economic and child custody provisions of the parties’ decree."
On February 13, 2013, the court of appeals affirmed, stating, “The district court was correct in not reopening that issue.” In re Marriage of Rhinehart, No. 12–0287, 2013 WL 530838 (Iowa Ct.App. Feb. 13, 2013). B. The Merrigan Fee Dispute. The second count of the Board's complaint involves Rhinehart's fee dispute with Andrew and Susan Merrigan.