Legal Opinion
In the Interest of Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 31, 1977No. 3-59203PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINGS, Justice.
Juvenile court dismissed dual proceedings for termination of parental rights. Petitioner State appeals and respondent mother cross-appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in part.
September 2,1975, a petition was filed in Polk County Juvenile Court seeking termination of the parent-child relationship between Barbara Louise and Robert Dean Ponx and three children, Jay Allen Lewis, age 6, Dawn Marie Ponx, age 4, and Robert Dean Ponx, Jr., age 2. Barbara is their natural mother. November 12, 1971, she married Robert Ponx. He is Jay’s stepfather and natural father of the two younger…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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