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House File 677

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 634
Committee Report Issued: H.J. 163 S.J. 794
Passed House: H.J. 710
Passed Senate: S.J. 941
Signed by Governor: H.J. 1555
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1                                         HOUSE FILE 677
  1  2                             AN ACT
  1  3 RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION INCLUDING THE
  1  4    CONSIDERATION OF PARENT'S CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THE AWARD-
  1  5    ING OF VISITATION RIGHTS AND INCLUDING AN EXCEPTION FROM
  1  6    MANDATORY PARTICIPATION IN A COURSE BY PARTIES TO AN
  1  7    ACTION INVOLVING CHILD CUSTODY OR VISITATION.  
  1  8 
  1  9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 10 
  1 11    Section 1.  Section 598.19A, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1 12 amended to read as follows:
  1 13    1.  The court shall order the parties to any action which
  1 14 involves the issues of child custody or visitation shall to
  1 15 participate in a court-approved course to educate and
  1 16 sensitize the parties to the needs of any child or party
  1 17 during and subsequent to the proceeding within forty-five days
  1 18 of the service of notice and petition for the action or within
  1 19 forty-five days of the service of notice and application for
  1 20 modification of an order.  Participation in the course may be
  1 21 waived or delayed by the court for good cause including, but
  1 22 not limited to, a default by any of the parties or a showing
  1 23 that the parties have previously participated in a court-
  1 24 approved course or its equivalent.  Participation in the
  1 25 course is not required if the proceeding involves termination
  1 26 of parental rights of any of the parties.  A final decree
  1 27 shall not be granted or a final order shall not be entered
  1 28 until the parties have complied with this section.
  1 29    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  598.41A  VISITATION – HISTORY OF
  1 30 CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST A MINOR.
  1 31    Notwithstanding section 598.41, the court shall consider in
  1 32 the award of visitation rights to a parent of a child, the
  1 33 criminal history of the parent if the parent has been
  1 34 convicted of a criminal offense against a minor, a sexually
  1 35 violent offense against a minor, or sexual exploitation of a
  2  1 minor.  As used in this section, "criminal offense against a
  2  2 minor", "sexually violent offense", and "sexual exploitation"
  2  3 mean as defined in section 692A.1.  
  2  4 
  2  5 
  2  6                                                             
  2  7                               RON J. CORBETT
  2  8                               Speaker of the House
  2  9 
  2 10 
  2 11                                                             
  2 12                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 13                               President of the Senate
  2 14 
  2 15    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2 16 is known as House File 677, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  2 17 
  2 18 
  2 19                                                             
  2 20                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  2 21                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 22 Approved                , 1998
  2 23 
  2 24 
  2 25                         
  2 26 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  2 27 Governor

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