Legal Opinion
In the Interest of D.W.K.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 20, 1985No. 84-133PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
The novel question presented by this appeal is whether the district court may dismiss a father’s petition for voluntary termination of his parental rights where one or more of the Iowa Code section 600A.8 grounds are established, but the termination is not otherwise in the child’s best interests. We hold the district court may dismiss under such circumstances, and affirm.
I. Petitioner Randy Snavely is a twenty-seven year old man of limited education and means. He left school after the eighth grade, served six months in the army and took some courses in body work at…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- In the Interest of ChadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- In the Interest of WardleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- In the Interest of VoeltzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. WoolfSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
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