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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 9-870 / 09-1114 Filed December 30, 2009 IN THE INTEREST OF A.L. and H.L., Minor Children, J.P.L., Father, Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Joe E. Smith, District Associate Judge. A father appeals from the juvenile court order adjudicating his children in need of assistance. AFFIRMED.

Frank Steinbach of McEnroe, Gotsdiner, Brewer, Steinbach & Henrichsen, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant father. David Erickson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee mother. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Bruce Kempkes, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Michelle Chenoweth, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State. Karl Wolle and Charles Fuson of Youth Law Center, Des Moines, for minor children.

Considered by Eisenhauer, P.J., and Potterfield and Danilson, JJ.

2 EISENHAUER, P.J. A father appeals from part of the juvenile court order adjudicating his children in need of assistance. He contends the State failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence the children were sexually abused. We review his claim de novo. The children were adjudicated in need of assistance based on three grounds: failure to supervise, past or imminent sexual abuse, and failure to provide adequate care due to mental health or substance abuse problems. See Iowa Code

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