IN INTEREST OF M.L.O.

No. 91-45.

477 N.W.2d 393 (1991)

In the Interest of M.L.O., D.O. and D.O., Children. C.O., Mother, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Z. Taylor of Dwyer, Wing, Zamora, Taylor & Walters, Davenport, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Judy Sheirbon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for applicant State.

Stephen W. Newport, Davenport, guardian ad litem for the children.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

The district court concluded that the relationship between the fathers and the mother of three young children should be terminated. On our de novo review we are obliged to agree and we hence vacate a contrary decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the district court.

Even when plainly demanded by the facts, it is a fearful thing to order termination of a parent-child relationship...

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