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House Journal: Page 1329: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

15   final adoption decree, unless any person to whom
16   notice is to be provided pursuant to section 600.11
17   objects to the adoption.
18     2.  A final adoption decree issued pursuant to this
19   section terminates any parental rights existing prior
20   to the time of its issuance and establishes the
21   parent-child relationship between the adoption
22   petitioner and the person adopted.  However, the final
23   adoption decree does not confer any rights on the
24   adoption petitioner to the estate of the adopted
25   person and does not confer any rights on the adopted
26   person to the estate of the adoption petitioner."

H-8543B

27     2.  Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the
28   following:
29     "Sec. ___.  PENDING PROCEEDINGS.  A termination of
30   parental rights proceeding or an adoption proceeding
31   pending on July 1, 1998, or a release of custody
32   properly executed prior to July 1, 1998, shall not be
33   affected by the provisions of this Act."
34     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Lamberti of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw the committee amendment H-8543A.
Lamberti of Polk moved the adoption of the committee amendment
H-8543B.
The committee amendment H-8543B was adopted.
Foege of Linn offered the following amendment H-8959 filed by
Foege, et al., and moved its adoption:

H-8959

 1     Amend Senate File 2387 as passed by the Senate, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 20, the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 600.12A, if enacted by the 1998
 6   Iowa Acts, Senate File 2338, is amended by adding the
 7   following new subsection:
 8     NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  If the person to be adopted
 9   dies following termination of the parental rights of
10   the person's biological parents but prior to the
11   filing of an adoption petition, the person who was the
12   guardian or custodian of the person to be adopted
13   prior to the person's death or the person who was in a
14   parent-child relationship with the person to be
15   adopted prior to the person's death may file an
16   adoption petition and the court in the interest of

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