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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF L.Y.

No. 20-1034.

968 N.W.2d 882 (2022)

In the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF L.Y. G.Y. and K.Y., Appellants, v. S.W., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 14, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Howie (argued) of Shindler, Anderson, Goplerud & Weese, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellants.

Dani L. Eisentrager (argued) of Eisentrager Law Office, Eagle Grove, for appellee.

Frank C. Tenuta of Iowa Legal Aid, Sioux City, and Ericka Petersen (argued) of Iowa Legal Aid, Iowa City, for amicus curiae B.M.R.

F.D. Chip Baltimore, II , (argued) of the Law Office of Kirke C. Quinn, Boone, for amicus curiae The Iowa Guardianship and Conservatorship Association.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.

On January 1, 2020, a new guardianship act went into effect in Iowa. This case requires us to interpret that act for the first time. Specifically, we must determine where the burden of proof is allocated and what must be shown when a parent requests termination of a guardianship of a minor child that was established with...

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