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1 1 Amend House File 612 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 131, by inserting before line 16 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . Section 600B.41A, subsection 2, Code
1 5 1997, is amended by adding the following new
1 6 paragraph:
1 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. A paternity determination based
1 8 upon a prior court order if the order was not entered
1 9 based upon blood or genetic test results, or an
1 10 existing custody order based upon the prior
1 11 determination of paternity, when the mother of the
1 12 child, the child or the legal representative of the
1 13 mother or the child, files a petition to overcome
1 14 paternity under this section and the reasons for the
1 15 belief that the established father is not the
1 16 biological father of the child were known to the party
1 17 filing the petition at the time that the order
1 18 establishing paternity or custody was entered."
1 19 #2. Page 131, by inserting after line 27 the
1 20 following:
1 21 "Sec. . Section 600B.41A, Code 1997, is amended
1 22 by adding the following new subsection:
1 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If the established father
1 24 objects to the overcoming of paternity, the court
1 25 shall consider all of the following:
1 26 a. The court shall not overcome the paternity of
1 27 an established father unless the identity of the
1 28 biological father is established by blood or genetic
1 29 testing demonstrating the biological father's
1 30 paternity is ninety-five percent or higher and if the
1 31 biological father has other children, that the
1 32 biological father is providing support and has an
1 33 established relationship with any of these children.
1 34 b. The court shall not overcome paternity of an
1 35 established father when the established father has
1 36 been awarded custody of the child under a court order.
1 37 Additionally, if the established father has been
1 38 awarded custody of the child under a court order and
1 39 if overcoming paternity could result in the separation
1 40 of the child from half-siblings, it is not in the best
1 41 interest of the child to overcome paternity unless
1 42 maintaining the relationship between the child and the
1 43 half-siblings is not in the best interest of the
1 44 child."
1 45
1 46
1 47
1 48 BODDICKER of Cedar
1 49 HF 612.503 77
1 50 pf/jw/28
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