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Case No. 21-0806

In the Interest of J.V., A.V. and A.V.

J.V., Father-Appellant

J.F., Mother-Appellant

Attorney for Appellant Father

Jane M. Wright

Attorney for Appellant Mother

Theodore J. Hovda

Attorney for Appellee State

Kathryn K. Lang, Assistant Attorney General

Guardian ad Litem

Carrie Jean Rodriguez

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
21-0806
Date Published:
Oct 20, 2021
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Hancock County, Karen Kaufman Salic, District Associate Judge.  AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS.  Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Schumacher, JJ.  Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J.  (6 pages)

            A mother and father separately appeal from the termination of their parental rights.  The mother contends (1) the State failed to prove the child could not be returned to her care; (2) termination was not in the child’s best interests; and (3) the district court should have invoked an exception to termination based on the parent-child bond.  The father (1) challenges the State’s evidence supporting the grounds for termination, including proof that adjudicatory harm still existed; (2) argues termination was not in the children’s best interests; and (3) challenges the State’s failure to provide and file certain documents before the State filed its termination-of-parental-rights petition.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm.

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