Charles Leroy Alsager, Sr. And Darlene Lauvern Alsager v. District Court of Polk County, Iowa (Juvenile Division)

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• holding that the “principal criteria” for granting declaratory relief “are (1) when the judgment will serve a useful purpose in clarifying and settling the legal relations in issue, and (2
• holding that the “principal criteria” for granting declaratory relief “are (1) when the judgment will serve a useful purpose in clarifying and settling the legal relations in issue, and (2
• federal courts have discretion “to make a declaration of rights,” but no “duty to do so”
• federal court confined to adjudicating those facts necessary to resolve the constitutional claim
• federal court confined to adjudicating those facts necessary to resolve the constitutional claim
• federal court could not review propriety of termination of parental rights under Iowa standard, but it could \adjudicate those facts necessary to resolve the claim that the state standard is unconstitutional as written and as applied.\

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