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In the Interest of A.S., K.S. and L.S., Minor Children
A.S., Father-Appellant
D.S., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Magdalena Reese
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Arielle M. Lipman
Attorney for Appellee State
Mary A. Triick, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Lynn Maria Vogan
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Susan Cox, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Ahlers and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. Partial Dissent by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (7 pages)
A mother and father separately appeal a district court order adjudicating their three children in need of assistance. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the adjudication of the children as children in need of assistance under Iowa Code section 232.96A(3)(b) and (14) (2022). PARTIAL DISSENT ASSERTS: I concur in part and dissent in part. I agree the State proved the children were in need of assistance under Iowa Code section 232.96A(3)(b) (2022). But on my de novo review of the record, I would conclude the State failed to prove the children were in need of assistance under section 232.96A(14).