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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 236.6, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. When the court is unavailable from the close of 1 4 business at the end of the day or week to the resumption of 1 5 business at the beginning of the day or week, a petition may 1 6 be filed before a district judge,or district associate judge 1 7designated by the chief judge of the judicial district, who 1 8 may grant emergency relief in accordance with section 236.5, 1 9 subsection 2 if the district judge or district associate judge 1 10 deems it necessary to protect the plaintiff from domestic 1 11 abuse, upon good cause shown in an ex parte proceeding. 1 12 Present danger of domestic abuse to the plaintiff constitutes 1 13 good cause for purposes of this subsection. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 602.6306, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 1 15 amended to read as follows: 1 16 2. District associate judges also have jurisdiction in 1 17 civil actions for money judgment where the amount in 1 18 controversy does not exceed ten thousand dollars, jurisdiction 1 19 over involuntary commitment, treatment, or hospitalization 1 20 proceedings under chapters 125 and 229, jurisdiction of 1 21 indictable misdemeanors, and felony violations of section 1 22 321J.2, jurisdiction to enter a temporary or emergency order 1 23 of protection under chapter 236, and to make court 1 24 appointments and set hearings in criminal matters, 1 25 jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not require 1 26 notice and hearing and to set hearings in actions under 1 27 chapter 633, and the jurisdiction provided in section 602.7101 1 28 when designated as a judge of the juvenile court. While 1 29 presiding in these subject matters a district associate judge 1 30 shall employ district judges' practice and procedure. 1 31 SF 195 1 32 mk/cc/26
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