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IN INTEREST OF B.B.M.

No. 93-786.

514 N.W.2d 425 (1994)

In the Interest of B.B.M., A Minor Child, S.M., Maternal Grandfather, and V.M., Maternal Grandmother, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected March 25, 1994.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing April 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman L. Springer, Jr., of Robak & Springer, Council Bluffs, for appellants.

John M. Trewet, of Kluever, VanGinkel & Trewet, Atlantic, guardian and custodian.

Considered en banc.

TERNUS, Justice.

In this case we decide whether grandparents may intervene in a chapter 600A termination of parental rights proceeding for purposes of seeking to adopt their grandchild. The juvenile court ruled that the grandparents could not intervene and dismissed their petition. Based on the unusual circumstances of this case, we reverse.

B.B.M. was born in January 1993. Shortly after his birth, his unmarried parents, B.M.M. and D.F.J., signed releases...

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