House Study Bill 581 HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWAIM) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to attendance at child in need of assistance 2 proceedings. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5799HC 82 5 jm/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.91, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Any person who is entitled under section 232.88 to 1 4 receive notice of a hearing concerning a child shall be given 1 5 the opportunity to be heard in any other review or hearing 1 6 involving the child. A foster parent, relative, or other 1 7 individual with whom a child has been placed for preadoptive 1 8 care shall have the right to be heard in any proceeding 1 9 involving the child. If a child is of an age appropriate to 1 10 attend the hearing but the child does not attend, the court 1 11 shall determine if the child was informed of the child's right 1 12 to attend the hearing. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 This bill relates to attendance at child in need of 1 15 assistance proceedings. 1 16 Under the bill, in any child in need of assistance 1 17 proceedings where the child does not attend and the child's 1 18 age is appropriate to attend such proceedings, the court shall 1 19 determine if the child was informed of the child's right to 1 20 attend. 1 21 LSB 5799HC 82 1 22 jm/rj/8