INTEREST OF B.H.A.

No. 18-0813.

938 N.W.2d 227 (2020)

In the INTEREST OF B.H.A., Minor Child. J.R., Mother, Appellant, v. M.A., Father, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith O'Donohoe of Elwood, O'Donohoe, Braun & White, LLP, Charles City, for appellant.

Danielle M. DeBower Ellingson of Eggert, Erb, Kuehner & DeBower, P.L.C., Charles City, for appellee.

Ann M. Troge , Charles City, guardian ad litem for minor child.


The mother of a three-year-old child petitioned for the termination of the father's parental rights due to abandonment under Iowa Code section 600A.8(3)(b) (2017). In further support of her petition, she alleged the father had been sentenced to approximately ten years in federal court for drug charges without any hope...

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