IN INTEREST OF J.L.H.

No. 68278.

326 N.W.2d 284 (1982)

In the Interest of J.L.H., d.o.b. 11-09-79, a Child; J.H. and D.A.H., Natural Parents, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Nicholas of Beck, Pappajohn, Shriver & Stephenson, Mason City, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Brent Hege, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carlynn D. Reich, Asst. Cerro Gordo County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P.J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McCORMICK, and McGIVERIN, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The parents appeal from a decree terminating the parent-child relationship between them and their two-year-old son James. They contend the court erred because the petition was filed prematurely and because the State did not sustain its burden of proof. We find no merit in either contention and therefore affirm.

James was born on November 9, 1979. It soon developed that his parents were not providing him with the most basic care. His mother...

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