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IN RE J.S.

No. 13-1606.

846 N.W.2d 36 (2014)

In the Interest of J.S. & N.S., Minor Children, A.S., Mother, Appellant, State of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Dawson , Sioux City, for appellant mother.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General and Bruce L. Kempkes , Assistant Attorney General, and Diane M. Murphy , Sioux City for appellee State.

Chad C. Thompson of Thompson, Phipps & Thompson, Kingsley, for appellee father.

Tobias Cosgrove , Sioux City, attorney and guardian ad litem for minor children.

MANSFIELD, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether a parent's status as a methamphetamine addict, without more, is enough to support a juvenile court's determination that the parent is "imminently likely to abuse or neglect the child," where "abuse or neglect" means "physical injury suffered by a child as a result of the acts or omissions of the child's parent." See Iowa Code § 232.2(6)(b), (42) (2013). We have no difficulty concluding...

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