IN INTEREST OF L.M.

No. 17-0287.

904 N.W.2d 835 (2017)

IN the INTEREST OF L.M., Minor Child. K.L., Mother, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin R. Wyatt of Woods & Wyatt, P.L.L.C., Glenwood, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Ana Dixit and Tabitha J. Gardner , Assistant Attorneys General, and Carl M. Sonksen , County Attorney, for appellee.

Sarah M. Hart of Reisinger Booth & Associates, P.C. L.L.O., Omaha, Nebraska, guardian ad litem for minor child.


A mother appealed an order terminating her parental rights. The court of appeals reversed the order, concluding on de novo review that the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to prove it made reasonable efforts to reunite the incarcerated mother with her child. On further review, we vacate the decision of the court of...

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