In the Interest of A.O. and B.O., Minor Children
M.M., Mother-Appellant
R.O., Father-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Mandy L. Whiddon
Attorney for Appellant Father
Kyle E. Focht
Attorney for Appellee State
Meredith L. Lamberti, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Marti Nerenstone
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Scott Strait, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS. Considered by May, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (9 pages)
The father and mother separately appeal the termination of their parental rights to their children, A.O. and B.O., born in 2014 and 2012, respectively. The father’s rights were terminated pursuant to Iowa Code section 231.116(1)(e), (f), and (l) (2020). The mother’s rights were terminated pursuant to section 231.116(1)(e) and (f). Both parents challenge the sufficiency of evidence supporting the statutory grounds for termination. Each parent also challenges whether termination is in the children’s best interests and maintain an exception to termination should be applied to save the parent-child relationships. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the termination of both parents’ parental rights.
