November 2022 Archive | Court of Appeals Court Opinions

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Linda M. Fangman, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Ahlers, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ.  Opinion by Chicchelly, J.  (4 pages)

            A mother appeals the order terminating parental rights to her child.  OPINION HOLDS: Because additional time will not eliminate the need for the child’s removal, we deny the mother’s request to defer permanency for six months.

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Susan Cox, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ.  Opinion by Chicchelly, J.  (4 pages)

            A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to her child.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm termination under section 232.116(1)(l) (2022).  Because delaying the child’s permanency for six months would not eliminate the need for the child’s removal, we decline to extend the time for permanency under section 232.104(2)(b).  Finally, section 232.116(3)(c) does not provide grounds for preserving the parent-child relationship.  We affirm the termination order.

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Mark C. Cord III, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ.  Opinion by Badding, J.  (3 pages)

            A father imprisoned on drug charges appeals the termination of his parental rights to his child—born in May 2021—under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(b), (e), (h), and (i) (2022).  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of the father’s parental rights. 

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dickinson County, Shawna L. Ditsworth, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ.  Opinion by Bower, C.J.  (8 pages)

            A mother appeals the juvenile court’s order of permanency in this child-in-need-of-assistance proceeding.  She contends the court should have granted her an additional six months to reunify with her child and disagrees with the court’s finding a transfer of custody to the father is in the child’s best interests.  OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, we concur in the juvenile court’s findings and conclusions.  We affirm.

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Tama County, Casey D. Jones, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Ahlers, J., and Potterfield, S.J.  Opinion by Potterfield, S.J.  (4 pages)

            The juvenile court terminated the mother’s rights to M.M.—born in 2017—under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(d), (f), (i), and (l) (2022).  The mother appeals, challenging each of the statutory grounds for termination, asserting the loss of her rights is not in the child’s best interests, and urging us to apply an exception to termination to save the parent-child relationship.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of the mother’s parental rights to M.M. under section 232.116(1)(f).