· 1/21/1998
In Interest of RKB
Citations
- 572 N.W.2d 600
- 1998 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 8
- 1998 WL 17982
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- noting that even where the paternal grandmother initiated visitations for the father, his indifference was the focus of the best-interest analysis
- holding it was in the best interest of the child that the father’s rights be terminated, particularly given the father’s violent disposition and extensive criminal history
- terminating father’s parental rights because, inter alia, the mother’s husband supports the child and wishes to adopt him
- borrowing backward-looking and forward- looking components from chapter 232 to fill in chapter 600A’s analytical framework
- borrowing backward-looking and forward- looking components from chapter 232 to fill in chapter 600A’s analytical framework
- borrowing backward-looking and forward-looking components from chapter 232 to fill in chapter 600A’s analytical framework
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Judges: Harris, Larson, Carter, Neuman, Snell
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