TIANO v. PALMER

No. 99-0641.

621 N.W.2d 420 (2001)

Charles N. TIANO and Frankie Tiano, Individually and on Behalf of Vincent Tiano, Appellants, v. Charles PALMER, in His Capacity as Director, Iowa Department of Human Services, Karen Wood, Kristi Duncan (Dierking), Cory Purvis, and Peggy Stevens, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Heaivilin and Sharon Yon of Iowa Protection & Advocacy Services, Inc., Des Moines, and Curt L. Sytsma, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Barbara E.B. Galloway, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Charles Palmer.

Steven P. Wandro and Michelle M. Casper of Wandro & Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees Karen Woods, Kristi Duncan Dierking, Cory Purvis, and Peggy Stevens.

Considered en banc.


CARTER, Justice.

Charles and Frankie Tiano (the Tianos), as parents and guardians of Vincent Tiano, a dependent adult with mental disabilities, appeal from an order affirming the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) decision altering a prior finding of that agency that certain individuals providing care to Vincent Tiano had abused him. The district court dismissed the petition for judicial review on the basis that the Tianos lacked standing. In the alternative...

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