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INTEREST OF K.D.

No. 21-1472.

975 N.W.2d 310 (2022)

In the INTEREST OF K.D. and K.D., Minor Children. Paul L. White, Guardian Ad Litem, and C.H., Intervenor, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. White of Des Moines Juvenile Public Defender, Des Moines, attorney and appellant guardian ad litem for the minor children.

Andrea M. Flanagan of Flanagan Law Group, PLLC, Des Moines, for appellant intervenor.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Ellen Ramsey-Kacena and Natalie A. Deerr (until withdrawal), Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee State.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Appel, Waterman, and Oxley, JJ., joined. Mansfield, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which McDonald and McDermott, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Mansfield and McDermott, JJ, joined.

Just as we authorize the removal of children from their parents' care when the parents fail to ensure their children's welfare, we must also remove the children's guardian when the guardian irresponsibly discharges its duties and acts contrary to the children's best interests. That is what occurred here when the Iowa...

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