IN INTEREST OF W.D. III

No. 96-1324.

562 N.W.2d 183 (1997)

In the Interest of W.D. III and M.D., Minor Children, K.W., Mother, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Diane Stahle, Special Assistant Attorney General, Maureen McGuire, Assistant Attorney General, and Gerda Lane, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State.

Terri Willits, Davenport, guardian ad litem for minor children.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

K.W., mother of two children, appeals a juvenile court order directing the State to file a petition to terminate her parental rights. The question before us is whether this is a final ruling appealable as a matter of right or an appeal from an interlocutory ruling, for which permission to appeal must be granted pursuant to Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure 1(c) and 2. We conclude such an order is not a final, appealable judgment. We also decline...

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