Bill Text: IA SF2062 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully established in the definition of parent for the purposes of juvenile justice proceedings. (Formerly SSB 3031.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - Withdrawn. S.J. 633. [SF2062 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2062-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2062 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3031)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully
  2    established in the definition of parent for the purposes of
  3    juvenile justice proceedings.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.2, subsection 39, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    39.  "Parent" means a biological or adoptive mother or
  1  4 father of a child but; or a father whose paternity has been
  1  5 established by operation of law due to the individual's
  1  6 marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or
  1  7 at any time during the period between conception and birth of
  1  8 the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or
  1  9 by administrative order when authorized by state law. "Parent"
  1 10  does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have
  1 11 been terminated.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    This bill amends the definition of "parent" relative to the
  1 16 rights, duties, and privileges parents have in the parent=child
  1 17 relationship under the juvenile justice chapter of the Code
  1 18 (chapter 232) to provide that in addition to a biological or
  1 19 adoptive mother or father of a child, the definition includes
  1 20 a father whose paternity has been established by operation
  1 21 of law due to the individual's marriage to the mother at the
  1 22 time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period
  1 23 between conception and birth of the child; by order of a court
  1 24 of competent jurisdiction; or by administrative order when
  1 25 authorized by state law.  The definition retains the current
  1 26 provision that "parent" does not include a mother or father
  1 27 whose parental rights have been terminated.
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