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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2338 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO ADOPTIONS INCLUDING THE PROCESS FOR ADOPTION OF A 1 5 DECEASED PERSON AND RELATING TO THE ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE 1 6 FOR ASSISTING IN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS AND PROVIDING AN 1 7 EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 600.12A DEATH OF PERSON TO BE 1 12 ADOPTED PROCESS FOR FINAL ADOPTION DECREE. 1 13 1. If the person to be adopted dies following the filing 1 14 of an adoption petition pursuant to section 600.3, but prior 1 15 to issuance of a final adoption decree pursuant to section 1 16 600.13, the court may waive any investigations and reports 1 17 required pursuant to section 600.8 that remain uncompleted, 1 18 waive the minimum residence requirements pursuant to section 1 19 600.10, proceed to the adoption hearing, and issue a final 1 20 adoption decree, unless any person to whom notice is to be 1 21 provided pursuant to section 600.11 objects to the adoption. 1 22 2. A final adoption decree issued pursuant to this section 1 23 terminates any parental rights existing prior to the time of 1 24 its issuance and establishes the parent-child relationship 1 25 between the adoption petitioner and the person adopted. 1 26 However, the final adoption decree does not confer any rights 1 27 on the adoption petitioner to the estate of the adopted person 1 28 and does not confer any rights on the adopted person to the 1 29 estate of the adoption petitioner. 1 30 Sec. 2. Section 600.15, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 31 follows: 1 32 600.15 FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. 1 33 1. a. A decree establishing a parent-child relationship 1 34 by adoption which is issued pursuant to due process of law by 1 35 a court of any other jurisdiction in the United States shall 2 1 be recognized in this state. 2 2 b. A decree terminating a parent-child relationship which 2 3 is issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any 2 4 other jurisdiction in the United States shall be recognized in 2 5 this state. 2 6 c. A document approved by the immigration and 2 7 naturalization service of the United States department of 2 8 justice shall be acceptedby the department of human services2 9 in this state as evidence of termination of parental rights in 2 10 a jurisdiction outside the United States and recognized in 2 11 this state. 2 12 2. If an adoption has occurred in the minor person's 2 13 country of origin, a further adoption must occur in the state 2 14 where the adopting parents reside in accordance with the 2 15 adoption laws of that state. 2 16 3.The departmentA licensed child placing agency as 2 17 defined in section 238.2, a person making an independent 2 18 placement as defined in section 600A.2, or an investigator may 2 19 provide necessary assistance to an eligible citizen of Iowa 2 20 who desires to, in accordance with the immigration laws of the 2 21 United States, make an international adoption.For any such2 22assistance the department may charge a fee which does not2 23exceed the reasonable cost of services rendered and which is2 24based on a sliding scale relating to the investigated person's2 25ability to pay.2 264. Any rules of the department relating to placement of a2 27minor child for adoption which are more restrictive than2 28comparable rules of agencies making international placements2 29and laws of the United States shall not be enforced by the2 30department in an international adoption.2 31 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1, creating section 2 32 600.12A, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect 2 33 upon enactment. 2 34 2 35 3 1 3 2 MARY E. KRAMER 3 3 President of the Senate 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 RON J. CORBETT 3 8 Speaker of the House 3 9 3 10 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 11 is known as Senate File 2338, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 16 Secretary of the Senate 3 17 Approved , 1998 3 18 3 19 3 20 3 21 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 22 Governor
Text: SF02337 Text: SF02339 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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