In the Interest of L.T., Minor Child, A.t., Mother

Waterloo, Iowa family law lawyer represented Defendant in a termination of parental rights case.


In February 2020, then twelve-year-old C.R. was living with her maternal grandmother because C.R.'s mother was homeless. One day after the mother went to the grandmother's house to shower, the mother asked C.R. to hide a makeup box she had left behind from the grandmother. Instead, the ch... More...    $0 (07-07-2022 - IA)

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment.

Tayvon Davis, age 26, was accused of killing his girlfriend's infant daughter, 19-month-old Maelyn Myers, in Auguste of 2018.... More...    $0 (06-22-2022 - IA)

Des Moines, Iowa receipt of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Robert Joe Hennings, age 33, with receipt of child pornography.

Hennings collected in excess of 550,000 images of child pornography over a three-year period, including material involving sexual assaults on prepubescent minors, including an infant. The sentence was, in part, a reflection of the danger Henning... More...    $0 (11-18-2020 - IA)

Justin Stickrod appeals from his convictions of first-degree sexual abuse,
in violation of Iowa Code sections 709.1 and .2 (2016), and child endangerment,
in violation of section 726.6(1)(a), (3), and (5). He contends his trial attorneys
were ineffective in several respects.
Our review of constitutional issues, such as claims of ineffective
assistance of counsel, is de n... More...    $0 (04-01-2018 - IA)

In July 2015, Hall was charged by trial information with murder in the first
degree and child endangerment resulting in serious injury. His three-year-old
daughter, J.K., was the alleged victim in each instance.
The charges were tried to a jury in January 2016.
The State’s first witness was Hall’s live-in girlfriend, April Clair. Clair
testified J.K. had been staying... More...    $0 (06-15-2017 - IA)

Matthew Elliott was convicted of willful injury causing serious injury and
child endangerment resulting in death. On appeal, his convictions were vacated,
and the matter was remanded for a new trial. See State v. Elliott, 806 N.W.2d
660, 675 (Iowa 2011) (concluding the admission of hearsay evidence resulted in
prejudicial error to Elliott and remanding for a new trial). On r... More...    $0 (06-15-2017 - IA)

On February 17, 2015, at about 2:45 a.m., an officer with the Waterloo
Police Department was dispatched to a local gas station after receiving a report
from the gas station clerk of a suspicious occupied vehicle that had been parked
in front of the store at the gas pump for approximately thirty minutes. An officer
arrived at the scene, pulled in directly behind the vehicle, an... More...    $0 (04-21-2017 - IA)

Jason Ball appeals his conviction, sentence, and judgment for sexual
exploitation of a minor, second offense, a class “D” felony, in violation of Iowa
Code section 728.12(3) (2013). Ball contends the district court entered an illegal
sentence by sentencing him as a second offender. Ball further contends the
district court applied the wrong standard of review to his motion for... More...    $0 (06-19-2016 - IA)

A mother appeals1 from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, B.M., contending reasonable efforts to reunify the mother and child were not made, there was not clear and convincing evidence to support termination under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(k) (2013), and termination was not in the best interest of the child. Despite years of intensive services offered to ... More...    $0 (08-13-2014 - IA)

In this case, we consider whether the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) can revoke resident hunting licenses previously granted to Joseph Democko, Donald Jones, and James Samis on the basis they do not qualify as residents under Iowa Code chapter 483A. On judicial review, Democko, Jones, and Samis claim that the agency’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence and, in the alt... More...    $0 (12-06-2013 - IA)

This certiorari proceeding requires us to address the agricultural exemption from county zoning. See Iowa Code § 335.2 (2011). The property owners who brought this action had a lengthy dispute with Linn County over whether houses they had built were subject to the county’s zoning and subdivision ordinances. We are asked to review two separate decisions by the Linn County Board of Adjustment—i... More...    $0 (03-29-2013 - IA)

Matthew Preston alleges the City of Pleasant Hill, Iowa (Pleasant Hill) and Reylon Meeks (collectively, defendants) violated Preston’s procedural due process rights when he was relieved of his responsibilities to fight, inspect, and investigate fires for the Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department (VFD). The district court1 granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed Prestonâ... More...    $0 (06-22-2011 - IA)

Christine Eldred appeals the custody and visitation provisions of the parties‟ dissolution decree. Both parents are capable and willing to provide physical care. In light of Christine‟s sudden, month-long absence, we find no reason to disturb the court‟s award of physical care to Joseph. However, we modify the visitation provisions of the decree.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.More...    $0 (12-22-2010 - IA)

Appellee, Joshua Braunschweig, seeks further review of the court of appeals decision reversing the district court’s grant of his application to change the surname of the parties’ minor child. The court of appeals determined the matter was governed by the name change procedures under Iowa Code chapter 674 instead of the procedures for initial name determinations under Iowa Code chapter 598. We ... More...    $0 (10-18-2009 - IA)

Laura and Lawrence Heimlicher sued Lakes Regional Healthcare on a medical negligence theory (medical malpractice) claiming seeking damages for the wrongful death of their infant child Cole in 2004. Plaintiffs claimed that the hospital failed to perform an immediate Cesarean section delivery in February 2004, which would have spared the life of the baby. Lakes Regional transferred the mother to a ... More...    $1700000 (03-20-2009 - IA)

On March 20, 2002, the Seymours (whom we shall refer to by their first names) we... More...    $0 (03-27-2008 - IA)

Juanita Buechel died during ... More...    $0 (03-07-2008 - IA)

Johnnie Smith Kelly and Karl Kelly sued Dr. Mona Alqulali and Women's Health Services of Clinton for wrongful death on a medical malpractice theory for the death of Elijah Kelly, who was stillborn in 2002. They claimed that that Alqulali negligently used a vacuum extractor and delayed performing a C-section in here efforts to deliver the baby. They claimed that it took too long to effectuate t... More...    $0 (10-18-2005 - IA)

Plaintiff, Evelyn Dorothy, appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant in her negligence action based on her fall at a shopping mall. She maintains the court erred in granting summary judgment because a reasonable jury, if given the opportunity, could have determined the defendant should have discovered the condition which caused her injury and either ... More...    $0 (11-04-2003 - IA)

Lori Teska sued Jessie Rasmussen and Mary Kay Renken, in their individual and official capacities, claiming that they violated her civil rights by recommending the termination of her parental rights without making accommodations for her mental limitations. Teska also sued Rasmussen and Renken under various other theories including negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and reck... More...    $0 (07-11-2002 - IA)