B.L. v. Iowa District Court for Johnson County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

We have consolidated two appeals and a certiorari action that challenge the juvenile court orders in a child-in-need-of-assistance (CINA) proceeding involving B.L., a nine-year-old boy with behavior problems. In the first appeal, H.L., the mother, appealed orders that continued placement of B.L. with his father, D.B., but did not determine whether the child could be returned to her. Later, the child commenced an original cer-tiorari action in this court, maintaining that the juvenile court acted illegally by ruling that it did not have jurisdiction to order a report on the…