1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 797 N.W.2d
  5. 797 N.W.2d 121 (2011)
 

IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF M.D.

No. 10-0342.

797 N.W.2d 121 (2011)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF M.D., Ward, Melissa Colquhoun, n/k/a Melissa Swab, Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher of Nidey, Wenzel, Erdahl, Tindal & Fisher, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Christine Crilley of Crilley Law Office, Hiawatha, and Karen Volz of Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, L.L.P., Cedar Rapids, for appellee Robert Colquhoun.

Michael Dennis Duke, II , Cedar Rapids, pro se father.

Leslie E. Stokke , Cedar Rapids, for minor child.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and DOYLE and TABOR, JJ.

TABOR, J.

In this appeal, a mother challenges the appointment of a guardian over her now twelve-year-old son. Before his divorce from the child's mother became final, the stepfather petitioned the district court to appoint him as the child's guardian. The mother resisted, but the district court determined that the mother was not a suitable parent due to her history of substance abuse, mental health issues, and instability...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases