IN INTEREST OF M.L.M.

No. 90-617.

464 N.W.2d 688 (1990)

In the Interest of M.L.M. and K.D.M., Minor Children, S.D., Father, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Messina, Des Moines, for appellant father.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Judy Sheirbon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


SACKETT, Judge.

Appellant, the father of M.L.M. and K.D.M., appeals the trial court's order terminating his parental rights. He contends he was denied due process of the law because he was not notified of and included in the child in need of assistance action which preceded the filing of the termination petition. He contends the law must afford him a meaningful remedy.

We agree with the father he should have been notified of the filing of the child in need...

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