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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 6-594 / 06-0949 Filed December 13, 2006 IN THE INTEREST OF D.W. and D.W., Minor Children, M.W., Mother, Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, John G. Mullen, Judge.

A mother appeals a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights. AFFIRMED.

Arshia Javaherian, Rock Island, Illinois, for appellant mother. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kathrine S. Miller-Todd, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Gerda Lane, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State. Marsha Arnold, Davenport, for father. Catherine Alexander of Zamora, Taylor, Clark, Alexander & Woods, Davenport, guardian ad litem for minor child.

Considered by Sackett, C.J., and Huitink and Vaitheswaran, JJ.

2 PER CURIAM Melissa is the mother of two children. In a termination order dated July 2, 2006, the mother's parental rights were terminated under Iowa Code sections 232.116(1)(b), (e), and (h) (2005). The parental rights of the father, Davon, were terminated in the same order. On appeal, Melissa claims that Davon might not be the father of the younger child, and that therefore, there was no basis to terminate his parental rights to this child. Melissa does not have standing to contest the termination of Davon's parental rights. See Citizens for Responsible Choices v. City of

Shenandoah, 686 N.W.2d 470, 475 (Iowa 2004). Melissa also claims her parental rights were improperly terminated under section 232.116(1)(e). She does not contest the termination of her parental

rights under sections 232.116(1)(b) or (h), and we may affirm on these grounds. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.14(1)(c) ("Failure in the brief to state, to argue or to cite authority in support of an issue may be deemed waiver of that issue."); In re S.R., 600 N.W.2d 63, 64 (Iowa Ct. App. 1999) ("When the juvenile court terminates parental rights on more than one statutory ground, we need only find grounds to terminate under one of the sections cited by the juvenile court to affirm."). We affirm the decision of the juvenile court. AFFIRMED.



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