IN INTEREST OF G.Y.

No. 90-1814.

486 N.W.2d 288 (1992)

In the Interest of G.Y. and C.L., Children. S.L., Mother, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa; Leslie D. Lamping, Guardian Ad Litem for the Children; and G.B., Father of G.Y., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Meyer, Independence, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kathrine S. Miller-Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee State.

D. Bradley Kiesey, Washington, for father.

Leslie D. Lamping of Day & Meeker, Washington, guardian ad litem for the children.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ and CARTER, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

We granted further review of a court of appeals decision in this juvenile proceeding in order to consider a question of statutory interpretation. Was the trial court required to appoint counsel to a child involved in a child in need of assistance (CINA) proceeding when a guardian ad litem already had been appointed? We think, under the facts here, the answer is no. We find no merit in the mother's claim that there is insufficient evidence to support...

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