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   State Courts - Iowa - July 12, 2006

  
In the Interest of C.R., No. 6-511 / 06-0827, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: An order terminating a mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(h) (2005) was upheld where the mother was incarcerated at the time of the termination hearing and admitted that she needed additional time to demonstrate her stability. She had an extensive history of substance abuse and failed treatment three times.

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In the Interest of E.A.V., No. 6-443 / 06-0462, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: An order terminating a father's parental rights to his children pursuant to Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(f) (2005) was upheld where deferral of termination for the period that the father was imprisoned for conspiracy to distribute cocaine was not a viable option. The father also had to address his substance abuse history.

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In the Interest of G.A., No. 6-408 / 06-0673, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Termination of a mother's parental rights was proper under Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(e), (h), given the mother's failure to maintain significant contact with the child and because the child could not have been safely returned to her; termination was also in the child's best interests, such that the court reversed the dismissal of the State's petition.

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In the Interest of J.A.C., No. 6-351 / 05-1622, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in determining that juvenile did not overcome the presumption in favor of sex offender registration set forth in Iowa Code § 692A.2, where juvenile had minimized his offenses and juvenile continued to pose a risk to others in the community.

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In the Interest of J.T.C., No. 6-481 / 06-0830, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Order terminating a father's parental rights pursuant to Iowa Code § 232.116 was affirmed where record demonstrated termination was in children's best interest; father did not agree to participate in the relapse prevention program recommended by his drug counselor, and father had also failed to master even the most rudimentary of parenting skills.

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In the Interest of K.R.W., No. 6-476 / 06-0414, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: An order transferring custody of a mother's 12-year-old delinquent daughter to the Iowa Department of Human Services for placement at a foster group facility was upheld where the juvenile court had attempted all of the non-placement options available for the daughter; the placement was not illegal under Iowa Code § 232.52(2)(d)(3) (2005).

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In the Interest of M.T., No. 6-398 / 06-0595, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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In the Interest of N.C., No. 6-515 / 06-0831, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Termination of a mother's rights was proper under Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(d), (f), given that the child could not be returned to the mother's care and doing so would have forced the child to suffer injury; termination was also in the child's best interests, given the mother's poor choices that showed a refusal to act in the child's best interests.

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Johnson v. Sherman, No. 6-321 / 05-1264, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Grant of summary judgment in favor of a company and its president was affirmed as the actions by an employee who stole a gun, that had been bought 15 years before, from the president's safe, and then used the gun to shoot the individual, constituted a superseding independent cause of the individual's injury.

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Jones v. State, No. 6-337 / 04-1675, COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Postconviction relief was denied in a murder case because an inmate did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel based on the failure to object to a prosecutor's statements in closing arguments; the prosecutor was permitted to point out to the jury evidence in the record to support the claim that the State's witnesses were credible.

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