IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF DEAL-BURCH

No. 08-0206.

759 N.W.2d 341 (2008)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Gabrielle Julia DEAL-BURCH, Randall Deal and Gayla Deal, Grandparents-Appellants. v. Alton Burch, Jr., Father-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Strand of Strand Law Office, Decorah, for appellant.

Laura J. Parrish Maki of Miller, Pearson, Gloe, Burns, Beatty & Cowie, P.L.C., Decorah, for appellee.

Considered by SACKETT, C.J., and EISENHAUER and DOYLE, JJ.


SACKETT, C.J.

Gayla and Randall Deal appeal from a district court decision rescinding and refusing to make permanent their temporary guardianship of the minor child Gabrielle Julia Deal-Burch after the district court found that it had no jurisdiction to appoint a guardian for the child. The Deals claim Iowa has jurisdiction because the child is a resident of this state. We find that because the child had lived in Iowa for...

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