CHAMBERS v. DISTRICT COURT OF DUBUQUE COUNTY

No. 52683.

152 N.W.2d 818 (1967)

In the Interest of Charles CHAMBERS, a child. Barbara CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT COURT OF DUBUQUE COUNTY, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl V. Riley, Dubuque, for appellant.

Michael S. McCauley, County Atty., and Clifford S. Less, Asst. County Atty., Dubuque, for appellee.

Lorna L. Williams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of Iowa, Des Moines, amicus curiae.


LeGRAND, Justice.

On November 18, 1966 the district court of Dubuque County, sitting as a juvenile court, entered a decree severing the parental rights of both Virgil Chambers and Barbara Chambers with reference to their minor son, Charles Chambers.

This decree was based upon evidence taken at a hearing under chapter 232, Code of Iowa. Chapter 232 was enacted in its present form in 1965, at which time the former juvenile act was repealed. Much of the present...

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