IN INTEREST OF J.R.H.

No. 84-138.

358 N.W.2d 311 (1984)

In the Interest of J.R.H. and M.J.H., Children, W.R.S., Mother, Appellant, R.H., Father, Appellant, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schilling, Burlington, for appellant mother.

Michael G. Dieterich, Burlington, for appellant father.

William J. Cahill, Burlington, and Russell D. Zephier, Pine Ridge, S.D., for intervenor-appellant Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Alan Waples, Burlington, guardian ad litem, for appellees J.R.H. and M.J.H.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Eleanor E. Lynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Iowa Dept. of Human Services.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J. and McCORMICK, LARSON, SCHULTZ and CARTER, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

These appeals arise from a child-in-need-of-assistance (CINA) proceeding in juvenile court pursuant to Iowa Code sections 232.87-.103. The State instituted these proceedings on behalf of J.R.H. and his sister M.J.H. The father, R.H., a resident of Burlington, Iowa, and the mother, W.R.S., a resident of South Dakota, were given notice of the proceedings and took part in them. The father is white. The American Indian mother is a member of the Oglala...

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