In the Interest of M.D., Minor Child
C.D., Father-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Randall L. Jackson
Attorney for Appellee State
Ellen Ramsey-Kacena, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Nicole Garbis Nolan
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Lynn Poschner, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Doyle, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, S.J. (5 pages)
The father appeals the termination of his parental rights to M.D., born in June 2018. The father challenges the statutory grounds for termination and maintains the court should have applied a permissive factor to save the parent-child relationship, as M.D. remains in the custody of her mother. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of the father’s parental rights.