Legal Opinion

In Interest of DW

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 16, 1986No. 85-970PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This second appeal in a parent-child termination case is another chapter in the long and tragic history of three children who now have been in foster care for three and one-half years. B.W., natural mother of these children, has appealed from trial court’s order terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

B.W., now age twenty-four, is the unmarried mother of four children. Involved here are the three oldest children, each with a different father. We designate them as D.W., a daughter born April 21, 1980; J.W., a son born September 11, 1981; and M.W., a daughter born…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. In the Interest of M.S.Texas Supreme Court · 2003
  2. In Re Carrington H.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2016
  3. In the Interest of C.B.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  4. Benson v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
  5. In The Interest Of D.W., Minor Child, A.M.W., MotherSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010

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