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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that judges can block state child protection workers from moving a child and hold hearings on the matter.

The case involves an infant whom the DHHS allegedly tried to move to a home lacking power and running water.

The court rejected the DHHS's argument that its placement decisions can only be reviewed after a child has been moved.

A district court was within its power to hold a hearing on whether to allow state child protection workers to remove an infant from her foster home to one that, according to a representative for the baby, lacked power and plumbing, the Iowa Supreme Court decided.

The appeal involves a Polk County child born in 2022 and comes after a history of disputes over the child's placement. An attorney for the girl at

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