In the Interest of A.A. and D.A., Minor Children
V.P., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Kaitlyn C. DiMaria
Attorney for Appellee State
Natalie Deer, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Jeremy Evans
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Lynn C.H. Poschner, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (6 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to two of her children. She contends (1) the department of human services failed to “provide[] appropriate or meaningful reasonable efforts to reunify her with her children” and (2) termination was not in the children’s best interests. OPINION HOLDS: On our de novo review, we agree with the district court that the department of human services satisfied its reasonable-efforts mandate and termination
