Bill Text: IA HF320 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the grounds for termination of parental rights in child in need of assistance cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 315. [HF320 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF320-Introduced.html
House File 320 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY JONES A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the grounds for termination of parental 2 rights in child in need of assistance cases. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1850YH (7) 87 pf/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.116, subsection 1, paragraph e, 1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (2) The child has been removed from or was not placed in 1 4 the physical custody of the child's parents for a period of at 1 5 least six consecutive months. 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 232.116, subsection 1, paragraph f, 1 7 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 8 (3) The child has been removed from or was not placed in the 1 9 physical custody of the child's parents for at least twelve of 1 10 the last eighteen months, or for the last twelve consecutive 1 11 months and any trial period at home has been less than thirty 1 12 days. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 232.116, subsection 1, paragraph h, 1 14 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 15 (3) The child has been removed from or was not placed in the 1 16 physical custody of the child's parents for at least six months 1 17 of the last twelve months, or for the last six consecutive 1 18 months and any trial period at home has been less than thirty 1 19 days. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 23 This bill relates to grounds for the termination of parental 1 24 rights under Code chapter 232 when a child has been adjudicated 1 25 a child in need of assistance. 1 26 The bill amends existing grounds for termination of parental 1 27 rights that each include as an element that the child has been 1 28 removed from the physical custody of the child's parent for 1 29 a specified period of time. The bill amends this element to 1 30 require that either the child has been removed from or was not 1 31 placed in the physical custody of the child's parent for a 1 32 specified period of time. LSB 1850YH (7) 87 pf/nh