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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF ROACH

No. 09-0670.

778 N.W.2d 212 (2009)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Kylie Jeanne ROACH, Chris Blackburn and Sue Ann Blackburn, Guardians-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki Copeland, Jefferson, for appellants.

Brooke Blackburn, Adel, appellee pro se.

Considered by VOGEL, P.J., and DOYLE and MANSFIELD, JJ.

VOGEL, P.J.

The guardians appeal the order terminating the guardianship of K.R., asserting the district court applied the wrong burden of proof. We reverse.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

K.R., born in May 2002, is the daughter of Brooke Blackburn and Nick Roach. The couple never married and K.R. has been in the care of Brooke's father, Chris Blackburn and his wife, Sue Ann Blackburn, essentially since her birth, but exclusively since December...

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