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| In re Marriage of Aronow, No. 7-224 / 06-0195,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Best interests of 5 minor children were served by granting physical care to mother based on, inter alia, continuity, stability, her primary caretaking role, absence of evidence she was inadequate daily caregiver, and absence of evidence supporting education or urban/rural distinctions on which trial court, evaluators, and guardian ad litem relied.
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| In re Marriage of Westmeyer, No. 7-151 / 06-1302,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: District court did not err in including a home as marital property subject to division and its valuation and reasoning were supported by the evidence; court adopted the $ 78,000 valuation in light of significant impact engendered upon valuation by reason of the husband's parents living in a mobile home thereon and utilizing one of garage stalls.
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| In re Strait, No. 7-438 / 06-1956,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Pursuant to Iowa Code § 598.21(1), district court had not erred in failing to credit wife for premarital property she brought into marriage and for her inherited property because the parties squandered most of those assets during their marriage and in the distribution, wife received roughly what she brought into the marriage from her inheritance.
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| In the Interest of A.J., No. 7-510 / 06-1322,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Termination of a father's parental rights under Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(d) and (h) was upheld because his child could not be returned to his care in the near future; despite services, the father continued to engage in criminal activity, and the child needed a parent and could not put off her childhood until her father got out of prison.
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| In the Interest of D.L.E., No. 7-425 / 07-0760,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Parental rights to a child, who had been adjudicated a child in need of assistance under Iowa Code § 232.2(6)(c)(2), were properly terminated under Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(h) because the parents had not addressed the domestic violence concerns that had led to the child's removal and the mother had anger management problems.
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| In the Interest of E.B., No. 7-444 / 07-0840,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Juvenile court had not erred in removing child from mother's care and placing her in foster care and adjudicating child CINA under Iowa Code § 232.2(6)(c)(2); child was left in Iowa without parental supervision or an effective guardianship, it was unknown when mother would be released from prison, and she committed arson in the presence of child.
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| In the Interest of E.G., No. 7-007 / 06-1894,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Trial court erred in approving a foster mother's adoption of a child because, in establishing the foster mother as the child's custodian and providing for her adoption of the child, the juvenile court exercised authority the legislature gave to the Iowa Department of Human Services as guardian under Iowa Code §§ 232.117, .2.
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| In the Interest of J.B., No. 7-513 / 07-0910,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Court did not err in terminating mother's parental rights pursuant to Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(h); inter alia, although physical or sexual abuse or chronic substance abuse were not present, the mother alternated between "pattern of stability" and "extreme turmoil" due to, inter alia, missed medication and that was inimical to child's best interests.
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| In the Interest of J.C., No. 7-454 / 07-0786,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Termination of mother's parental rights under Iowa Code § 232.116 was proper because termination was in child's best interests; mother's past was marked by criminal behavior and domestic abuse, she routinely made choices that placed her needs above those of children, and she chose to leave Iowa without notifying Iowa Department of Human Services.
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| In the Interest of J.R.B., No. 7-514 / 07-0962,
COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA, July 12, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Termination of mother's parental rights was upheld under Iowa Code § 232.116(1)(h) because child could not be returned to her care, as mother had severe substance dependence issues that remained unresolved at time of termination hearing. Termination was also in child's best interests; child had bonded with foster parents, who wished to adopt him.
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