IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF T.H.

No. 98-921.

589 N.W.2d 67 (1999)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF T.H. and T.H., Minors, B.M., Mother, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Tulis, Legal Services Corporation of Iowa, Council Bluffs, for appellant.

Craig M. Dreismeier of Reilly, Petersen & Hannan, P.L.C., Council Bluffs, for appellee guardians.

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


HARRIS, Justice.

The question here is whether Iowa can claim jurisdiction to open guardianships for two minor children, or must yield to initial jurisdiction of Colorado. The rules incumbent on us demand that this jurisdictional issue must be first addressed before we can consider the best interests of the children. This requirement, though far from rare, is particularly distressing because, if we could reach them, the underlying merits strongly favor the order opening...

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