Legal Opinion

In the Interest of Adkins

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 12, 1980No. 64383PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant George Lee Adkins appeals from a trial court decree terminating, under the provisions of sections 232.109-.116, The Code 1979, the parent-child relationship between him and his two sons, William Paul Adkins, born May 24, 1970, and Vincent Edward Adkins, born April 1, 1971. He asserts trial court improperly took judicial notice of a prior child in need of assistance (CHINA) case that deprived him of custody, and that the State failed to show the children could not be returned to his custody. We affirm.

The above children were born to George Lee Adkins and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  2. Matter of Welfare of ClausenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  3. Adoption of K. B. I. D. v. v. M. G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. Long v. LongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. In the Interest of DameronSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  2. Matter of MLMWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  3. In the Interest of A.M.H.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  4. In Re Charles G.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
  5. In Re Interest of RANebraska Supreme Court · 1987

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