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IN RE K.N.

No. 00-1022.

625 N.W.2d 731 (2001)

In the Interest of K.N., Minor Child, Robert J. Phelps, Guardian ad litem, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Phelps, Davenport, guardian ad litem for K.N., appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Tabitha Gardner, Assistant Attorney General, and Gerda Lane, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee-State.

John E. Molyneaux, Davenport, for K.N.

Cynthia Z. Taylor and Cristina Frederick of Zamora, Taylor, Clark, Alexander, Woods and Frederick, Davenport, for appellee-parents, T.N. and J.N.

Considered en banc.

CADY, Justice.

In this appeal we must decide if the juvenile court may dismiss a child in need of assistance (CINA) action based on the finding that the services offered to the child provided no benefit and that the additional expenditure of public funds and resources would not benefit the child in the future. The guardian ad litem of the child claims the juvenile court utilized inappropriate criteria and abused its authority in dismissing the CINA case. We reverse...

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