Legal Opinion

In the Interests of W.G.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 16, 1984No. 83-554PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Justice.

This is a statutory proceeding seeking termination of parent-child relationships between natural parents and seven of their children. The district court determined the State established grounds for terminating the relationships. We affirm the district court and, so doing, we vacate a contrary decision of the court of appeals.

The parents think this controversy centers on two beliefs held by the father and now also subscribed to by the mother. The father is committed to an agrarian lifestyle which, if not primitive, is at least starkly simple. And he states he strongly believes…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In the Interest of DameronSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  2. State v. BitmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. In Interest of DWSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
  2. In re L.N.W.Court of Appeals of Iowa · 1990
  3. In Re AMSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
  4. Hildreth v. Iowa Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  5. In the Interest of D.L.Court of Appeals of Iowa · 1986

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