INTEREST OF S.O.

No. 21-0574.

967 N.W.2d 198 (2021)

In the INTEREST OF S.O., Minor Child, S.O., Minor Child, Appellant, F.O., Father, Appellant, J.O., Mother, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Amended August 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Cody Farrens of Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Lessmann, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant minor child.

Peter A. Goldsmith of Boerner & Goldsmith Law Firm, P.C., Ida Grove, for appellant father.

Lori J. Kolpin of Kolpin Law Firm, P.C., Aurelia, for appellant mother.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Meredith L. Lamberti and Charles K. Phillips , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee State.

George C. Blazek of Franck, Sextro & Blazek, PLC, Denison, guardian ad litem for minor child.

Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Greer and Ahlers, JJ.


A mother, a father, and their child, S.O., all appeal the juvenile court order terminating the parent-child relationships. The court approved the State's request to terminate the rights of both parents, Fred and Jennifer, under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(f) (2020). The court decided it was not safe for S.O. to return home...

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