2021 Archive | Court of Appeals Court Opinions

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clarke County, Monty Franklin, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Greer, JJ.  Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J.  (4 pages)

            A mother and father separately appeal the termination of their parental rights to their child, arguing (1) termination was not in the child’s best interests and (2) the court should have invoked an exception to termination based on the child’s placement with a relative.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of parental rights to the child.

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Mark C. Cord III, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ.  Opinion by Bower, C.J.  (4 pages)

            A father appeals the termination of his parental rights.  OPINION HOLDS: Because termination of the father’s parental rights is in the children’s best interests, we affirm.

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, David F. Staudt, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ.  Opinion by Tabor, J.  (6 pages)

            A father appeals from the order terminating his parental rights to his five-year-old daughter.  OPINION HOLDS: Finding the State presented clear and convincing evidence to support termination under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(f) (2020), we affirm the termination order. 

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, Paul G. Crawford, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ.  Opinion by Mullins, J.  (4 pages)

            A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to his child, born in 2015, pursuant to Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(b) (2020).  He argues the juvenile court denied him “due process in terminating his parental rights on a ground not argued by the State” and urges the statutory exception to termination contained in section 232.116(3)(a) should have been applied to preclude termination.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of the father’s parental rights.