Court Opinion

ID: 9526368
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:16:10.310463+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:19:31.420344
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SACKETT, Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part)
I concur in part and dissent in part.
I agree with the majority that the juvenile court lacked authority to grant the discretion it did to the Department of Human Services. I agree too, that the matter should be remanded for further proceedings.
However, before the children were removed from the parental home, the trial court was required to find there was clear and convincing evidence that reasonable efforts had been made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the children from their home. See Iowa Code § 232.-102(1), (2). This finding was never made.