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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 1-917 / 11-1649 Filed December 7, 2011

IN THE INTEREST OF K.H., Minor Child, D.D., Mother, Appellant, D.H., Father, Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Constance Cohen, Associate Juvenile Judge. A mother and father appeal the termination of their parental rights to their child. AFFIRMED. Aaron H. Ginkens of Ginkens & McConnell, P.L.C., Clive, for appellant mother. Nathaniel A. Tagtow of Pargulski, Hauser & Clarke, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant father. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kathrine S. Miller-Todd, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Andrea S. Vitzthum, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State. Jami J. Hagemeier of Williams & Blackburn, P.L.C., Des Moines, attorney and guardian ad litem for minor child. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Potterfield and Doyle, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, P.J. A mother and father appeal the termination of their parental rights to their child, born in 1998. I. Mother The mother contends: (1) termination was not in the child's best interests, (2) the juvenile court should not have terminated her rights, given the bond she shared with her child, and (3) termination was not warranted because the child was over ten and objected to the termination. See In re P.L., 778 N.W.2d 33, 37

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