In Interest of RF

LARSON, Justice.

Robbie, now fourteen, was adjudicated at age twelve to be a child in need of assistance and placed in his father’s custody with supervision by the Department of Human Services (DHS). Later, the juvenile court, having been advised that Robbie was being abused, ordered his immediate removal and set a hearing to decide if custody should be transferred permanently to DHS. The order was so modified, and R.F. appealed. We affirm.

Three issues are raised: (1) due process in the initial removal of the child; (2) the constitutionality of Iowa Code section 232.-103 (1989), which provides…