In re Q.G.
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In this private action filed by Mother under Iowa Code chapter 600A, the Supreme Court concluded that Father’s parental rights to his children should not be terminated.
Mother filed petitions to terminate the parental rights of Father, alleging abandonment, failure to support, and a crime against a child. The district court concluded that Mother proved by clear and convincing evidence that grounds for termination existed and that termination of Father’s parental rights was in the children’s best interest. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) Mother met the threshold requirement for private termination by clear and convincing evidence; but (2) Mother did not show by clear and convincing evidence that the best interest of the children will be advanced by termination of Father’s parental rights.
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