No. 21-1432

K. S., Father v. Iowa Department of Human Services, et al.

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2022-05-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection juvenile-court parental-rights procedural-hearing standing termination-of-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

In terminating petitioner's relationship with his
child, the State's juvenile court held a permanency
hearing at the same time as the hearing to terminate his
rights as a parent. Does this consolidated
permanency/termination hearing violate petitioner's
rights to procedural or substantive due process or his
right to the equal protection of the laws?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the consolidated hearing violate petitioner's rights to procedural-due-process, substantive-due-process, equal-protection

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-05-31
Waiver of right of respondent State of Iowa and Iowa Department of Human Services to respond filed.
2022-05-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2022)

Attorneys

K.S. Father
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
State of Iowa and Iowa Department of Human Services
Mary A. TriickIowa Attorney General's Office, Respondent