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Case No. 24-0411

In the Interest of R.C., L.C., and M.M., Minor Children

M.N., Mother-Appellant

C.C., Father of R.C. and L.C.-Appellant

Attorney for Appellant Mother

Melody J. Butz

Attorney for Appellant Father

John J. Bishop

Attorney for Appellee State

Mackenzie Moran, Assistant Attorney General

Guardian ad Litem

Kimberly Opatz

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
24-0411
Date Published:
May 22, 2024
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Carrie K. Bryner, Judge.  AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS.  Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Greer and Schumacher, JJ.  Opinion by Greer, J.  (11 pages)

            A mother and father separately appeal the termination of their parental rights.  OPINION HOLDS: The mother did not preserve error on her reasonable efforts challenge or her argument that the juvenile court should have considered terminating her rights to only one or two of the children rather than all three.  The State presented clear and convincing evidence to support the statutory ground for termination of the father’s rights, and termination of his parental rights was in the children’s best interests.  For these reasons, we affirm on both appeals.

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