Bill Text: IA HF2386 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to grounds for termination of parental rights of an individual relative to sexual abuse. Effective 7-1-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-31 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 587. [HF2386 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2386-Enrolled.html

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House File 2386 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 626)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2386

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF AN
    INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE TO SEXUAL ABUSE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 232.116, subsection 1, Code 2016, is
 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
    NEW PARAGRAPH.  p.  The court finds there is clear and
 convincing evidence that the child was conceived as the result
 of sexual abuse as defined in section 709.1, and the biological
 parent against whom the sexual abuse was perpetrated requests
 termination of the parental rights of the biological parent who
 perpetrated the sexual abuse.
    Sec. 2.  Section 600A.8, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  The court finds there is clear and
 convincing evidence that the child was conceived as the
 result of sexual abuse as defined in section 709.1, and the
 biological
  parent against whom the sexual abuse was perpetrated requests
 termination of the parental rights of the biological parent who
 perpetrated the sexual abuse.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2386, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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