In the Interest of B.L., Minor Child
B.H., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Ellen Ramsey-Kacena
Attorney for Appellee State
Tamara Knight, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Julia F. Trachta
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. Considered without oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Greer and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, C.J. (8 pages)
A mother challenges the juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to her son. First, she contends the establishment of a guardianship would have been a less-restrictive permanency option. Second, she argues termination is not in her son’s best interests. Third, she asks us to apply a permissive exception. OPINION HOLDS: We decline to find a guardianship to be appropriate. Because termination is in the best interests of her son and we find no permissive exception applies to preclude termination, we affirm.
