IN RE S.P.

No. 03-0868.

672 N.W.2d 842 (2003)

In the Interest of S.P. and K.P., Minor Children, M.J., Father, Appellant, STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Katherine S. Miller-Todd, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Michelle Chenoweth, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Tiffany Koenig, Des Moines, for appellant.

David Pargulski, Des Moines, for mother.

Jason Hauser, Des Moines, guardian ad litem for minor children.


LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

The father of two children appealed from a judgment of the district court terminating his parental rights. He contended that the State terminated his parental rights without notice to him.

We transferred the case to the court of appeals. The court of appeals found there was insufficient evidence that the State had conducted a reasonably diligent search in attempting to serve him.

We granted the State's application for further...

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