Burgmaier v. Iowa Department of Human Services

LARSON, Justice.

Don Burgmaier attempted to access records of the department of human services (DHS) regarding his former wife and her record of alleged child abuse. The DHS rejected his attempt on the basis that he was not a person entitled by statute to have access to the records. The DHS order was upheld by the district court on judicial review, and we affirm.

I. The Facts. ■

Burgmaier’s parental rights to his two daughters were terminated in 1987, and the termination was affirmed by this court in In re B.L.B., 436 N.W.2d 332 (Iowa 1989). Burgmaier has since attempted to get information from…