Bill Text: IA SF249 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the use of the term relative in child in need of assistance and termination of parental rights proceedings. (See SF 362.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF249 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF249-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
249
BY
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
the
term
relative
in
child
1
in
need
of
assistance
and
termination
of
parental
rights
2
proceedings.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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249
Section
1.
Section
232.2,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
46A.
“Relative”
for
purposes
of
divisions
3
III
and
IV
of
this
chapter
includes
the
parent
of
a
sibling.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
232.84,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
amended
5
to
read
as
follows:
6
2.
Within
thirty
days
after
the
entry
of
an
order
under
7
this
chapter
transferring
custody
of
a
child
to
an
agency
8
for
placement,
the
agency
shall
exercise
due
diligence
in
9
identifying
and
providing
notice
to
the
child’s
grandparents,
10
aunts,
uncles,
adult
siblings,
parents
of
the
child’s
siblings,
11
and
adult
relatives
suggested
by
the
child’s
parents,
subject
12
to
exceptions
due
to
the
presence
of
family
or
domestic
13
violence.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
the
term
“relative”
in
16
child
in
need
of
assistance
and
termination
of
parental
rights
17
proceedings.
The
bill
states
that
“relative”
for
purposes
18
of
child
in
need
of
assistance
and
termination
of
parental
19
rights
proceedings
includes
the
parent
of
a
child’s
sibling.
20
The
bill
also
requires
the
department
of
human
services
to
21
provide
notice
to
parents
of
a
child’s
siblings
within
30
days
22
of
an
order
in
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
proceeding
that
23
transfers
custody
of
the
child
to
the
department
of
human
24
services,
juvenile
court
services,
or
a
private
agency
for
25
placement.
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