Bill Text: IA HF743 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for representation of adoptive parents by local public defenders. (Formerly HF 589.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1210. [HF743 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF743-Enrolled.html
House
File
743
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Enrolled
House
File
743
AN
ACT
PROVIDING
FOR
REPRESENTATION
OF
ADOPTIVE
PARENTS
BY
LOCAL
PUBLIC
DEFENDERS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
13B.9,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Represent
an
indigent
party,
upon
order
of
the
court,
in
child
in
need
of
assistance,
family
in
need
of
assistance,
delinquency,
and
termination
of
parental
rights
proceedings
pursuant
to
chapter
232
when
designated
by
the
state
public
defender
to
represent
the
indigent
party
in
the
type
of
case
for
that
county.
The
local
public
defender
shall
counsel
and
represent
an
indigent
party
in
all
proceedings
pursuant
to
chapter
232
to
which
the
local
public
defender
is
appointed
and
prosecute
before
or
after
judgment
any
appeals
or
other
remedies
which
the
local
public
defender
considers
to
be
in
the
interest
of
justice
unless
other
counsel
is
appointed
to
the
case.
A
local
public
defender
office
shall
represent
in
a
subsequent
adoption
proceeding
an
indigent
party
who
files
an
adoption
petition
pursuant
to
section
600.3
to
adopt
a
child
who
was
the
subject
of
a
termination
of
parental
rights
proceeding
pursuant
to
chapter
232
in
which
the
local
public
defender
office
was
involved
as
provided
under
this
paragraph.
If
a
conflict
of
interest
arises,
the
representation
shall
be
provided
through
referral
of
the
indigent
party
to
outside
counsel
with
whom
the
state
public
defender
has
contracted,
House
File
743,
p.
2
subject
to
the
fees
for
legal
services
incorporated
in
the
contract.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
743,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
