State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County

LARSON, Justice.

Attorney Elizabeth Rosenbaum was appointed by the juvenile court to act as guardian ad litem in a child-in-need-of-assistanee proceeding. Rosenbaum was not under contract with the State Public Defender. Upon completion of her representation, Rosenbaum submitted her fee claim to the public defender. The public defender denied that portion of Rosen- baum’s fee claim in excess of statutory fee limitations because Rosenbaum did not submit to the juvenile court her application to exceed fee limitations prior to exceeding the fee limitations, and there was no finding of good cause…