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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 643 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR GRANDPARENT AND GREAT-GRANDPARENT VISITATION 1 5 RIGHTS. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 598.35, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 10 as follows: 1 11 598.35 GRANDPARENT GREAT-GRANDPARENT VISITATION 1 12 RIGHTS. 1 13 The grandparent or great-grandparent of a child may 1 14 petition the district court for grandchild or great-grandchild 1 15 visitation rights when any of the following circumstances 1 16 occur: 1 17 1. The parents of the child are divorced. 1 18 2. A petition for dissolution of marriage has been filed 1 19 by one of the parents of the child. 1 20 3. The parent of the child, who is the child of the 1 21 grandparent, or who is the grandchild of the great- 1 22 grandparent, has died. 1 23 4. The child has been placed in a foster home. 1 24 5. The parents of the child are divorced, and the parent 1 25 who is not the child of the grandparent or who is not the 1 26 grandchild of the great-grandparent has legal custody of the 1 27 child, and the spouse of the child's custodial parent has been 1 28 issued a final adoption decree pursuant to section 600.13. 1 29 6. The paternity of a child born out of wedlock is 1 30 judicially established and the grandparent of the child is the 1 31 parent of the father of the child or the great-grandparent of 1 32 the child is the grandparent of the father of the child and 1 33 the mother of the child has custody of the child, or the 1 34 grandparent of a child born out of wedlock is the parent of 1 35 the mother of the child or the great-grandparent of the child 2 1 is the grandparent of the mother of the child and custody has 2 2 been awarded to the father of the child. 2 3 7. A parent of the child unreasonably refuses to allow 2 4 visitation by the grandparent or great-grandparent or 2 5 unreasonably restricts visitation. This subsection applies to 2 6 but is not limited in application to a situation in which the 2 7 parents of the child are divorced and the parent who is the 2 8 child of the grandparent or who is the grandchild of the 2 9 great-grandparent has legal custody of the child. 2 10 A petition for grandchild or great-grandchild visitation 2 11 rights shall be granted only upon a finding that the 2 12 visitation is in the best interests of the child and that the 2 13 grandparent or great-grandparent had established a substantial 2 14 relationship with the child prior to the filing of the 2 15 petition. 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 RON J. CORBETT 2 20 Speaker of the House 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 MARY E. KRAMER 2 25 President of the Senate 2 26 2 27 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 28 is known as House File 643, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 2 33 Chief Clerk of the House 2 34 Approved , 1997 2 35 3 1 3 2 3 3 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 4 Governor
Text: HF00642 Text: HF00644 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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