In Re J.W.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THE PUBLICATION STATUS OF THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE PRECEDENTIAL VALUE OF CASES WHICH ARE NOT YET PUBLISHED IS GOVERNED BY IOWA CT. R. 6.14 (5).]

The State and the guardian ad litem for two minor children appeal from a juvenile court order that dismissed the State's petition to terminate a mother's parental rights to her two oldest children. We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

Katesha is the mother of Jordan, born September 2002, and Jonathan, born November 2003.1 Benjamin is the father of Jordan, and Michael is the father of Jonathan. Neither father…