Filed Jan 11, 2023
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Union County, Monty Franklin, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Ahlers and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Buller, J. (9 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights. OPINION HOLDS: We have jurisdiction over the mother’s delayed appeal. We assume the mother preserved error and did not waive her challenge to the statutory grounds for termination. We find the statutory elements of termination were met, reject additional claims made by the mother, and affirm.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1451
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Brent Pattison, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Schumacher, J. (8 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights, claiming the State did not establish a ground for termination. She also claims termination is not in the child’s best interest and that the court should have applied an exception to preclude termination. OPINION HOLDS: Clear and convincing evidence supports a ground for termination, termination is in the child’s best interest, and we, like the district court, decline to apply a permissive exception to termination.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1503
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Sac County, Joseph B. McCarville, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Chicchelly, J. (5 pages)
A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to his child under Iowa Code chapter 600A (2022). OPINION HOLDS: Clear and convincing evidence shows the father, who is scheduled for release from federal prison in 2039, is unlikely to be released from prison in less than five years. Because termination is in the child’s best interests, we affirm.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1605
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for O'Brien County, Shawna L. Ditsworth, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (7 pages)
S.G., the mother, appeals from the permanency order establishing a guardianship for her two children. OPINION HOLDS: Because the children could not be returned to their mother’s care, there was no evidence that barriers to reunification would be dismantled within six months, and the guardianship was in the children’s best interests, we affirm.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1688
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, David F. Staudt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Badding and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (4 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to a child born in 2008, contending (1) the State failed to prove the ground for termination cited by the district court and (2) the district court should have afforded her an additional six months to work toward reunification. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the district court’s termination of the mother’s parental rights to the child.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1756
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Mitchell County, Karen Kaufman Salic, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Badding, J. (11 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights. OPINION HOLDS: We reject her challenges to each of the three steps in our termination framework and affirm.
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1765
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Warren County, Kevin A. Parker, 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: Clear and convincing evidence shows the child could not be returned to the mother’s care at the time of the termination hearing to support termination under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(h) (2022). We decline the mother’s request for more time under section 232.104(2)(b).
Filed Jan 11, 2023
View Opinion No. 22-1808
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lyon County, Shawna L. Ditsworth, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (4 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights, asserting termination is not in the children’s best interests and the court should have maintained the existing guardianship. OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, we find termination of the mother’s parental rights and modification of the permanency goal to adoption is in the children’s best interests.