IN INTEREST OF V.M.K.

No. 90-23.

460 N.W.2d 191 (1990)

In the Interest of V.M.K., A Minor Child. Appeal of L.K., Natural Mother.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Healey of Healey & Peters, Dubuque, for appellant, mother.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Charles K. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee, State.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and HAYDEN and HABHAB, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

A baby boy (V.M.K.) was born May 3, 1988. At the time of birth, the mother (L.K.) was under a civil commitment and was in the Julien Care Facility, Dubuque, Iowa. The child was placed in foster care immediately after his birth and has been in foster care continually since that time. He was also adjudicated to be a child in need of assistance shortly after his birth. The child's father suffers from brain damage caused by an injury. He acknowledges he...

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