In re Interest of J.C.
Annotate this CaseAppellant was the established father of J.C., although he was not the child’s biological father. After the juvenile court adjudicated J.C. a child in need of assistance (CINA), the State filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of Mother and the child’s biological father. The juvenile court dismissed Appellant as a party, concluding that because he was neither the child’s biological father nor her adoptive father, Appellant was not a necessary party in the pending CINA proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the juvenile court correctly dismissed Appellant as a necessary party to the juvenile proceedings because, although Appellant was J.C.’s established father, he was not her parent under Iowa law.
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