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· 3/22/1989

In the Interest of K.F.

Citations

  • 437 N.W.2d 559
  • 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 64
  • 1989 WL 24775

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that when a mental disability “contributes to a person’s inability to parent,” that factor “may be determinative on the issue of whether termination is required in the child’s best interest”
  • stating “evidence properly admissible in an adjudication proceeding should be accorded the same standard of admissibility in a subsequent termination hearing”
  • stating “evidence properly admissible in an adjudication proceeding should be accorded the same standard of admissibility in a subsequent termination hearing”
  • child’s bonding with mother a blend of love, fear, caring and confusion

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Judges: McGiverin, Harris, Schultz, Neuman, Andreasen

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