IN RE C.A.V.

No. 10-0075.

787 N.W.2d 96 (2010)

In the Interest of C.A.V., Minor Child, C.V., Mother, Petitioner, R.R.A., Father, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Micah J. Schreurs of Wolff, Whorley, De Hoogh & Shreurs, Sheldon, for appellant-father.

Debra S. DeJong of Klay, Veldhuizen, Bindner, De Jong, De Jong & Halverson, P.L.C., Orange City, for appellee-mother.

Missy Clabaugh of Jacobsma, Clabaugh & Freking, P.L.C., Sioux Center, attorney and guardian ad litem for minor child.

Considered by VAITHESWARAN, P.J., and DOYLE and TABOR, JJ.


TABOR, J.

A father appeals the termination of his parental rights in a private termination action. He contends he did not abandon his daughter, who is an enrolled member of an Indian tribe. He further contends the child's mother failed to satisfy the Iowa Indian Child Welfare Act (Iowa ICWA), Iowa Code chapter 232B (2007) in two ways: (1) by not showing his continued custody was likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to his daughter and (2) by not...

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