Legal Opinion
State v. Karwath
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 5, 1972No. 55089PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
In this appeal the natural father of three children in legal custody of the Scott County Department of Social Services seeks reversal of a juvenile court order for surgical removal of the children’s tonsils and adenoids. We affirm.
Our review is de novo. § 232.58, The Code; In re Delaney, 185 N.W.2d 726, 728 (Iowa 1971).
The children involved are Bryan, ten, Colleen, eight, and Neil, six. Their parents Raymond and Nellie Karwath asked to-be relieved of their care and custody in January 1970. The father was unemployed and indigent and the mother emotionally ill. The children…
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