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INTEREST OF Z.K.

No. 21-0324.

973 N.W.2d 27 (2022)

In the INTEREST OF Z.K., Minor Child. J.K., Mother, and Z.K., Father, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 8, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean A. Fankhauser (argued) of Vriezslaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Lessmann, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant father.

Teresa A. O'Brien , Sioux City, for appellant mother.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Ellen Ramsey-Kacena (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.

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

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

This case involves a proceeding where the State seeks to terminate parental rights over a child, Z.K. The main fighting issue is whether Z.K. was an "Indian child"1 under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). If Z.K. was, different substantive standards apply in a termination proceeding. See 25...

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