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House Journal: Page 1332: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

40     An adoption petition shall not be granted unless
41   the following persons consent to the adoption or
42   unless the juvenile court or court makes a
43   determination under subsection 4:
44     Sec. ___.  Section 600.7, subsection 2, paragraphs
45   a and b, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
46     a.  If by any minor person to be adopted who is
47   fourteen years of age or older, in the presence of the
48   juvenile court or court in which the adoption petition
49   is filed.
50     b.  If by any other person, either in the presence

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 1   of the juvenile court or court in which the adoption
 2   petition is filed or before a notary public.
 3     Sec. ___.  Section 600.7, subsections 3 and 4, Code
 4   1997, are amended to read as follows:
 5     3.  A consent to the adoption may be withdrawn
 6   prior to the issuance of an adoption decree under
 7   section 600.13 by the filing of an affidavit of
 8   consent withdrawal with the juvenile court or court.
 9   Such affidavit shall be treated in the same manner as
10   an attached verified statement is treated under
11   subsection 4.
12     4.  If any person required to consent under this
13   section refuses to or cannot be located to give
14   consent, the petitioner may attach to the petition a
15   verified statement of such refusal or lack of
16   location.  The juvenile court or court shall then
17   determine, at the adoption hearing prescribed in
18   section 600.12, whether, in the best interests of the
19   person to be adopted and the petitioner, any
20   particular consent shall be unnecessary to the
21   granting of an adoption petition."
22     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
23   following:
24     "Sec. ___.  Section 600.8, subsection 2, paragraph
25   a, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
26     a.  A preplacement investigation and report of the
27   investigation shall be completed and the prospective
28   adoption petitioner approved for a placement by the
29   person making the investigation prior to any agency or
30   independent placement of a minor person in the
31   petitioner's home in anticipation of an ensuing
32   adoption.  A report of a preplacement investigation
33   that has approved a prospective adoption petitioner
34   for a placement shall not authorize placement of a
35   minor person with that petitioner after one year from
36   the date of the report's issuance.  However, if the
37   prospective adoption petitioner is a relative within
38   the fourth degree of consanguinity who has assumed
39   custody of a minor person to be adopted, a

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