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In the Interest of C.F., C.D., and N.H., Minor Children
A.H., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Teresa M. Pope
Attorney for Appellee State
Tamara Knight, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Jami J. Hagemeier
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Romonda Belcher, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Badding and Buller, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (9 pages)
A mother appeals a dispositional order denying modification of placement in a child-welfare case. She argues that the juvenile court should have placed her children with their maternal grandmother instead of fictive kin. OPINION HOLDS: We find that the juvenile court erred in considering the current placement a relative under Iowa Code section 232.2(56) (2023). But because disrupting the children’s placement is not in their best interests, we affirm the denial of the motion to modify.
