Tiano v. Palmer

CARTER, Justice.

Charles and Frankie Tiano (the Tianos), as parents and guardians of Vincent Tiano, a dependent adult with mental disabilities, appeal from an order affirming the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) decision altering a prior finding of that agency that certain individuals providing care to Vincent Tiano had abused him. The district court dismissed the petition for judicial review on the basis that the Tianos lacked standing. In the alternative, it concluded that the Tianos were given proper notice of the final hearing in the matter and that their failure to appear at that…