IN THE INTEREST OF D.W. and D.W., Minor Children, M.W., Mother, Appellant.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 6-594 / 06-0949
Filed December 13, 2006
IN THE INTEREST OF D.W. and D.W.,
Minor Children,
M.W., Mother,
Appellant.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, John G. Mullen,
Judge.
A mother appeals a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights.
AFFIRMED.
Arshia Javaherian, Rock Island, Illinois, for appellant mother.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kathrine S. Miller-Todd, Assistant
Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Gerda Lane, Assistant
County Attorney, for appellee State.
Marsha Arnold, Davenport, for father.
Catherine Alexander of Zamora, Taylor, Clark, Alexander & Woods,
Davenport, guardian ad litem for minor child.
Considered by Sackett, C.J., and Huitink and Vaitheswaran, JJ.
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PER CURIAM
Melissa is the mother of two children. In a termination order dated July 2,
2006, the mother’s parental rights were terminated under Iowa Code sections
232.116(1)(b), (e), and (h) (2005). The parental rights of the father, Davon, were
terminated in the same order.
On appeal, Melissa claims that Davon might not be the father of the
younger child, and that therefore, there was no basis to terminate his parental
rights to this child. Melissa does not have standing to contest the termination of
Davon’s parental rights.
See Citizens for Responsible Choices v. City of
Shenandoah, 686 N.W.2d 470, 475 (Iowa 2004).
Melissa also claims her parental rights were improperly terminated under
section 232.116(1)(e).
She does not contest the termination of her parental
rights under sections 232.116(1)(b) or (h), and we may affirm on these grounds.
See Iowa R. App. P. 6.14(1)(c) (“Failure in the brief to state, to argue or to cite
authority in support of an issue may be deemed waiver of that issue.”); In re S.R.,
600 N.W.2d 63, 64 (Iowa Ct. App. 1999) (“When the juvenile court terminates
parental rights on more than one statutory ground, we need only find grounds to
terminate under one of the sections cited by the juvenile court to affirm.”).
We affirm the decision of the juvenile court.
AFFIRMED.
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