Iowa’s Minor Guardianship Law

Sometimes neither parent can take care of a child. This could be due to death, disability, or some other reason. When this happens, another person, often a family member or friend, can ask the court for legal authority to care for the child.   This person is called a...

Emancipation and Minor Guardianships

Children are not allowed to make their own decisions. Instead, they rely on parents to help them make good decisions. However, sometimes a child’s parents are unable to make good decisions for them. Sometimes a parent is unable to overcome obstacles in his or her...

Termination of Parental Rights

What Are “Parental Rights”? When you have “parental rights” to a child, you are that child’s parent in the eyes of the law. When your parental rights to a child are terminated, you stop being that child’s parent. You no longer have...