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In the Interest of A.B. and A.B., Minor Children
A.B., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Debra A. George
Attorney for Appellee State
Mary A. Triick, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Julie De Vries
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Appanoose County, William Owens, Associate Juvenile Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and Doyle, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, J. (11 pages)
A mother of two children appeals a permanency review order placing legal custody of the children with their father, contending (A) “the [juvenile] court erred in not returning the children to [her] care as there was no physical or adjudicatory harm preventing their return”; (B) “the [juvenile] court erred in [entering] a permanency order when the department [of human services] had not made reasonable efforts towards reunification as it failed to compel the children to individual counseling and family counseling with [her]”; and (C) “the department of human services did not [provide] notice that the hearing could be a permanency decision, as the court had previously ruled that she had an additional six months.” OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the juvenile court’s permanency review order in its entirety.
