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House Journal: Page 1617: Monday, April 15, 1996

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 1   the pregnant minor or minor who has given birth in
 2   accordance with the service of notice provisions of
 3   this section.  A custodial parent or a legal guardian
 4   or custodian of the pregnant minor or minor who has
 5   given birth is not a necessary party under this
 6   section and the notice provided under this subsection
 7   is for informational purposes only and shall not be
 8   construed to confer any substantive rights on the
 9   custodial parent or legal guardian or custodian of the
10   pregnant minor or minor who has given birth in
11   addition to those rights existing under current law.
12     Notice under this subsection shall be waived by the
13   court if the court determines that the pregnant minor
14   or minor who has given birth is capable of providing
15   consent to the termination of parental rights of the
16   minor child, that notification is not in the best
17   interest of the pregnant minor or minor who has given
18   birth or of the minor child, or that other good cause
19   exists for the waiver.  Failure to provide notice to a
20   custodial parent or a legal guardian or custodian of
21   the pregnant minor or minor who has given birth does
22   not constitute good cause for revocation of a release
23   of custody and is not grounds for denial,
24   modification, vacation, or appeal of a termination of
25   parental rights order or of an interlocutory or final
26   adoption decree.
27     Sec. ___.  1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File 13, sections
28   3, 11, 12, and 13, are repealed."
29     3.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
30   word "to" the following:  "adoption, including".
31     4.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
32   word "services" the following:  ", requirements
33   relating to the adoption of the child of a minor
34   parent, and providing a repeal".
Doderer of Johnson offered amendment H-5948, to the Senate
amendment H-5927, filed by Doderer, et. al., as follows:

H-5948

 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-5927, to House File
 2   2050, as passed by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 27 and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     ""Section 1.  Section 135L.2, as enacted by 1996
 6   Iowa Acts, Senate File 13, section 2, is amended to
 7   read as follows:
 8     135L.2  PROSPECTIVE MINOR PARENTS DECISION-MAKING
 9   ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
10     1.  A decision-making assistance program is created
11   to provide assistance to minors in making informed

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