In the Interest of Z.C., Minor Child
P.Q., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Melissa A. Nine
Attorney for Appellee State
Michelle R. Becker, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Mary Cowdrey
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, Paul G. Crawford, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Ahlers and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, C.J. (8 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to a seven-year-old son. She contends the State failed to prove the statutory ground for termination and that the juvenile court erred in denying her motion for active efforts, asserting her child is an Indian child under the Iowa Indian Child Welfare Act. OPINION HOLDS: We find sufficient proof that returning the child would expose him to adjudicatory harm. And the record does not show that the child is an Indian child, so we affirm.
