STATE v. JACKSON

No. 85-237.

383 N.W.2d 578 (1986)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Jeanne JACKSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., William E. Davis, Co. Atty., and Mary E. Howes, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellant.

Jack E. Dusthimer, of Goebel & Koury Law Offices, Davenport, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles K. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Iowa Dept. of Human Services, amicus curiae.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and McGIVERIN, SCHULTZ, WOLLE, and LAVORATO, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the confidentiality provision applicable to data in the state child abuse registry. Iowa Code § 235A.15(1) (1985).

I. Chapters 217, 232, and 235A of the Code contain the principal statutes relative to child abuse reporting, investigating, rehabilitating, and registering. Section 217.1 establishes the department of human services, and section 235A.15 creates within the department a central registry for child abuse...

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