In the Interest of D.C. and K.C., Minor Children
S.C., Father-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Martha L. Cox
Attorney for Appellee State
Anna T. Stoeffler, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad litem
Neill Kroeger
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clinton County, Phillip J. Tabor, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Doyle and Mullins, JJ. Tabor, J., takes no part. Opinion by Doyle, J. (4 pages)
A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to his children, asking us to place the children in a guardianship with a relative and apply one of the statutory exceptions to termination. OPINION HOLDS: Upon our de novo review of the evidence, we agree termination is in the children’s best interests and decline to apply the exception to termination provided in Iowa Code section 232.116(3)(a) (2018).
