In re the Termination of the Parental Rights Over M.C.S.

DOBBERPUHL, Circuit Judge.

V.M.S. (husband), appeals the denial of a motion questioning the circuit court’s jurisdiction, the lack of evidence to support findings of fact and conclusions of law, and the failure to provide due process to him in the matter of the termination of his parental rights to M.C.S., a minor child, born to his wife, J.A.S. We reverse.

FACTS

J.A.S., the natural mother of M.C.S., is a lifelong resident of Iowa. On June 30, 1988, J.A.S. married husband, also an Iowa resident in Doon, Iowa. The couple had two children. In November or December of 1990, the couple separated with…