IN INTEREST OF A.H.

No. 95-1829.

549 N.W.2d 824 (1996)

In the Interest of A.H., A Minor Child, J.H., Father, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Dopheide, Legal Services Corp. of Iowa, Dubuque, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Charles K. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, and Lyle R. Galliart, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State.

Roger J. Kurt, Dubuque, guardian ad litem for minor child.

Denis D. Faber Jr. of Denis D. Faber Jr., P.C., Dubuque, for minor child.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal addresses the limits of a father's right to participate through counsel in juvenile delinquency proceedings involving his child. Because we conclude that neither statutory nor constitutional law compels a court to permit a parent to be heard in such matters, we affirm the juvenile court's decision to limit the father's participation in this case.

The fifteen-year-old child, A.H., was adjudicated delinquent pursuant to a negotiated...

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