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House Journal: Page 1333: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

40   preplacement investigation of this petitioner and a
41   report of the investigation may be completed at a time
42   established by the juvenile court or court or may be
43   waived as provided in subsection 12."
44     3.  Page 1, line 29, by inserting before the word
45   "court" the following:  "juvenile court or".
46     4.  Page 1, line 32, by inserting before the word
47   "court" the following:  "juvenile court or".
48     5.  Page 2, lines 6 and 7, by striking the words
49   ", including a juvenile court," and inserting the
50   following:  ", including a juvenile court,".

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 1     6.  Page 2, by inserting after line 12 the
 2   following:
 3     "Sec. ___.  Section 600.8, subsections 7, 8, 9, and
 4   12, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
 5     7.  Any investigation or report required under this
 6   section shall not apply when the person to be adopted
 7   is an adult or when the prospective adoption
 8   petitioner or adoption petitioner is a stepparent of
 9   the person to be adopted.  However, in the case of a
10   stepparent adoption, the juvenile court or court, upon
11   the request of an interested person or on its own
12   motion stating the reasons therefor of record, may
13   order an investigation or report pursuant to this
14   section.
15     8.  Any person designated to make an investigation
16   and report under this section may request an agency or
17   state agency, within or outside this state, to conduct
18   a portion of the investigation or the report, as may
19   be appropriate, and to file a supplemental report of
20   such investigation or report with the juvenile court
21   or court.  In the case of the adoption of a minor
22   person by a person domiciled or residing in any other
23   jurisdiction of the United States, any investigation
24   or report required under this section which has been
25   conducted pursuant to the standards of that other
26   jurisdiction shall be recognized in this state.
27     9.  The department may investigate, on its own
28   initiative or on order of the juvenile court or court,
29   any placement made or adoption petition filed under
30   this chapter or chapter 600A and may report its
31   resulting recommendation to the juvenile court or
32   court.
33     12.  Any investigation and report required under
34   subsection 1 of this section may be waived by the
35   juvenile court or court if the adoption petitioner is
36   related within the fourth degree of consanguinity to
37   the person to be adopted.
38     Sec. ___.  Section 600.9, subsection 2, unnumbered
39   paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:

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