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
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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.