Legal Opinion
In the Interest of Kester
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 16, 1975No. 2-57497PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
This is an appeal by the mother from a trial court decree terminating the parent-child relationship between two children and their natural parents. We affirm.
The children involved are Lynette R. Kes-ter, age 5, and Robert J. Kester, age 4. The parents are Robert and Cheryl Kester, who married in 1968 and were still married at the time of trial.
The action was commenced by a petition filed by the Wright County Attorney April 8, 1974, alleging three grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship. These grounds were based on § 232.41(2)(a), (b), and (d), The Code.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Loeffelholz v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
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3Cited by30 opinions
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