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INTEREST OF L.B.

No. 21-0569.

970 N.W.2d 311 (2022)

In the INTEREST OF L.B., Minor Child. B.B., Father, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 18, 2022.

Amended March 11, 2022.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean A. Fankhauser of Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Lessmann, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Michelle R. Becker , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State of Iowa.

Patrick Jennings , County Attorney, and David A. Dawson , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee Woodbury County Attorney.

Michelle M. Hynes of the Juvenile Law Center, Sioux City, attorney and guardian ad litem for the minor child.

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

The dispositive issue in this case is whether a juvenile court may rely on a previous child in need of assistance (CINA) adjudication in a closed CINA proceeding to terminate a father's parental rights under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(f) or (g) when no CINA adjudication was in place at the time of termination. The...

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