In the Interest of K.P., Minor Child
B.S., Father-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Danielle M. Ellingson
Attorney for Appellee State
Mary A. Triick, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for Appellee Mother
Elizabeth A. Batey
Guardian ad Litem
Cynthia Schuknecht
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Floyd County, Karen Kaufman Salic, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (6 pages)
After this two-year-old child tested positive for methamphetamine, the child-in-need-of-assistance (CINA) dispositional order was modified to remove the child from the father’s custody. The father appeals the modification order. He argues there is not clear and convincing evidence that removal was necessary to protect the child from some harm that would justify adjudication of the child as a child in need of assistance and there was no showing K.P. was in any danger. OPINION HOLDS: Based on our de novo review, we agree with the juvenile court decision to modify the CINA dispositional order to remove the child from the custody of the father as well as the mother and to place the custody of the child with the Iowa Department of Human Services. We affirm.
