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MATTER OF JACOBS

No. 65226.

309 N.W.2d 481 (1981)

In the Matter of Jolene Kay JACOBS and Gerald Lee Jacobs, Jr., Minors, Gerald Lee Jacobs, Sr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Heimer, of HELP-Legal Assistance, Davenport, for appellant.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and HARRIS, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We granted an appeal from trial court's interlocutory ruling denying the natural father a court-appointed lawyer in this proceeding to terminate parental rights under chapter 600A, The Code 1979. The father, Gerald Lee Jacobs, Sr., asserts he is indigent and entitled to court-appointed counsel under the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States and Iowa constitutions. Because...

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