IN RE B.C.

No. 13-1690.

845 N.W.2d 77 (2014)

IN THE INTEREST OF B.C., Minor Child, S.C., Mother, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori J. Kieffer-Garrison , Davenport, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Kathrine S. Miller-Todd , Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Walton , County Attorney, and Julie A. Walton , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Dana Copell , Davenport, for father.

Jean Capdevila , Davenport, attorney and guardian ad litem for minor child.

Considered by DANILSON, C.J., and VAITHESWARAN and MULLINS, JJ.


MULLINS, J.

A mother appeals from termination of her parental rights to one child, B.C., pursuant to Iowa Code sections 232.116(1)(d), (h), (i) and 232.117 (2013). The two issues in this appeal are jurisdictional: The mother argues the Iowa juvenile court in Scott County did not have temporary emergency jurisdiction to enter the removal order and did not have subject matter jurisdiction to enter the termination order. We reverse, vacate, and remand the termination...

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