IN INTEREST OF R.K.B.

No. 97-300.

572 N.W.2d 600 (1998)

In the Interest of R.K.B., Minor Child, K.K.B., Father, Appellant, P.M.H., Mother, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Thornton of Smith Peterson Law Firm, Council Bluffs, for appellant.

Mary Lee Skaff, Omaha, NE, for appellee.

Brian Rhoten, Council Bluffs, for minor child.

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


HARRIS, Justice.

One of Iowa's eight statutory grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship is the failure, without good cause, to pay court-ordered child support. Iowa Code § 600A.8(4) (1997). This appeal tests the sufficiency of evidence to justify termination on this ground. The district court found the evidence justified termination and we agree. We hence vacate a contrary decision by the court of appeals and affirm.

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