Joel Smitherman v. State of Iowa

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• “The determination of whether findings of fact are supported ‘must be made in light of the degree of proof required.’”
• \The Department is not required to offer or provide services that would be futile.\
• “Where the trial court has weighed the evidence, our review is limited to determining whether the court’s findings of fact are supported 6 No. 81769-8-I/7 by substantial evidence and whether those findings support the court’s conclusions of law.”
• \[i]f a parent is incarcerated\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).