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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP & CONSERV. OF REED

No. 87-917.

426 N.W.2d 657 (1988)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF Joseph Edmund REED, a Minor. Edmund R. REED and Janice Reed, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Gerry SMITH and Roberta Smith, Respondents-Appellants, Rod Surber and Raeann Surber, Custodians-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Walter, of Johnson, Bauerle, Hester & Walter, Ottumwa, for respondents-appellants.

William L. Shelton and Richard L. Ambelang, of the Shelton Law Firm, Chariton, for petitioners-appellees.

Deborah S. Krauth, of the Krauth Law Firm, Cherokee, as guardian ad litem for the child.

Paul M. Goldsmith, of the Goldsmith Law Office, for custodians-appellees.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and HAYDEN, JJ.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal brought by the grandparents of Joseph Reed challenging the trial court's refusal to place the child in their physical custody as guardians. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

On December 21, 1986, Stephen and Melody Reed were killed in a traffic accident in Missouri. They left no will. They left one child, Joseph Reed. The appellants, Gerry Smith and Roberta Smith, Melody's parents, took care of Joseph...

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