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McCALESTER v. HILLCREST SERV., CHILD. & YOUTH

No. 2-57821.

232 N.W.2d 1 (1975)

Tonia Lynn McCALESTER, minor, by her natural father, Vester Lee Tatum, by his next friend, Emma L. Tatum, his mother and the grandmother of the child, Appellants, v. HILLCREST SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 31, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Liebbe, Davenport, and Gordon E. Allen, Des Moines, for appellants.

Stephen W. Scott of Kintzinger, Kintzinger, Van Etten, Setter & King, Dubuque, for appellee.

Heard en banc.

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

When 13-year-old Vester Lee Tatum was in the seventh grade he began an association with Lois McCalester, age 12, which two years later resulted in the illegitimate birth of Tonia Lynn McCalester. From her birth on March 10, 1973, Tonia has been under the care of Hillcrest Services to Children and Youth, a state-licensed child-placing agency. March 25, 1973, Lois signed a form surrendering all parental rights with respect to Tonia, giving the baby...

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