IN INTEREST OF R.L.F.

No. 88-1407.

437 N.W.2d 599 (1989)

In the Interest of R.L.F., Minor Child. Appeal of R.H., Father.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Rehan of Vakulskas & Hoffmeyer, Sioux City, for appellant father.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Kathrine S. Miller-Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the appellee State.

Paul Mahr, Sioux City, guardian ad litem for appellee child.

Considered by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


SCHLEGEL, Judge.

The father of a Native American child appeals the termination of his parental rights. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to warrant termination under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

R.L.F., born December 12, 1985, is the child of J.R.J. and R.H. She was born out of wedlock. She lived in the sole custody of her mother for twenty-four days. She was removed from her mother's custody on December 26, 1985, by the Iowa...

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