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In the Interest of R.M., Minor Child
J.M., Father-Appellant
A.S., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Father
Paige E. Hillyer
Attorney for Appellant Mother
G. Brian Weiler
Attorney for Appellee State
Tamara Knight, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Grishma Patel Arumugam
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Michael Motto, Judge. AFFIRMED ON BOTH APPEALS. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Chicchelly, J. (10 pages)
A mother and father separately appeal the termination of their parental rights to their child. The mother challenges the statutory grounds for termination, and the father asks us to decline to terminate based on a permissive exception. OPINION HOLDS: Having found the statutory grounds satisfied and because we decline to exercise a permissive exception, we affirm termination of the mother’s and father’s parental rights.
