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In the Interest of A.H., Minor Child
A.M., Mother-Appellant
Attorney for Appellant Mother
Eric A. Checketts
Attorney for Appellee State
Tamara Knight, Assistant Attorney General
Guardian ad Litem
Ivan Miller
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Montgomery County, Justin R. Wyatt, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Buller, P.J., Langholz, J., and Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Vogel, S.J. (8 pages)
A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to her four-year-old child. OPINION HOLDS: The mother’s ongoing drug use, inability to demonstrate she can safely parent her child, and failure to progress beyond fully supervised visits show the child could not have been immediately returned to her custody at the time of the termination hearing. Because termination is in the child’s best interest and the mother has not shown that any impediments to termination, we affirm.
