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Case No. 25-0944

In the Interest of D.C. and C.W.-S., Minor Children

B.S., Father-Appellant

J.M., Mother-Appellant

Attorney for Appellant Father

Audra F. Saunders

Attorney for Appellant Mother

Deborah L. Johnson

Attorney for Appellee State

Mackenzie Moran, Assistant Attorney General

Guardian ad Litem

James Thornton

Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Opinion

Opinion Number:
25-0944
Date Published:
Aug 06, 2025
Summary

            Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Brendan Greiner, Judge.  AFFIRMED.  Considered without oral argument by Ahlers, P.J., and Chicchelly and Sandy, JJ.  Opinion by Sandy, J.  (8 pages)

            A mother and father each appeal the juvenile court’s termination of their respective parental rights.  The juvenile court terminated the mother’s parental rights as to the son, D.C., and the daughter, C.W.-S., and the father’s parental rights as to the daughter.  OPINION HOLDS: We affirm.

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