L.V.J. v. Juvenile Officer

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

L.V.J. (“Father”) appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights to his two minor children. The termination was based on Father’s convictions in Iowa for sexual abuse and incest. Father challenges the statutory grounds for termination and the best interest rulings as against the weight of the evidence. We affirm.

Father and Mother were married. Two children were born of the marriage: D.C.L., a male who was eleven years old at the time of trial, and E.H.J., a female who was eight years old. These children are the subjects of the termination action at issue.…