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House Journal: Page 1334: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

40     An adoption petitioner of a minor person shall file
41   with the juvenile court or court, prior to the
42   adoption hearing, a full accounting of all
43   disbursements of any thing of value paid or agreed to
44   be paid by or on behalf of the petitioner in
45   connection with the petitioned adoption.  This
46   accounting shall be made by a report prescribed by the
47   juvenile court or court and shall be signed and
48   verified by the petitioner.  Only expenses incurred in
49   connection with the following and any other expenses
50   approved by the juvenile court or court are

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 1   allowable:"
 2     7.  Page 2, by inserting after line 20 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  Section 600.10, Code 1997, is amended
 5   to read as follows:
 6     600.10  MINIMUM RESIDENCE OF A MINOR CHILD.
 7     The adoption of a minor person shall not be decreed
 8   until that person has lived with the adoption
 9   petitioner for a minimum residence period of one
10   hundred eighty days.  However, the juvenile court or
11   court may waive this period if the adoption petitioner
12   is a stepparent or related to the minor person within
13   the fourth degree of consanguinity or may shorten this
14   period upon good cause shown when the juvenile court
15   or court is satisfied that the adoption petitioner and
16   the person to be adopted are suited to each other.
17     Sec. ___.  Section 600.11, subsections 1 and 3,
18   Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
19     1.  The juvenile court or court shall set the time
20   and place of the adoption hearing prescribed in
21   section 600.12 upon application of the petitioner.
22   The juvenile court or court may continue the adoption
23   hearing if the notice prescribed in subsections 2 and
24   3 is given, except that such notice shall only be
25   given at least ten days prior to the date which has
26   been set for the continuation of the adoption hearing.
27     3.  A notice of the adoption hearing shall state
28   the time, place, and purpose of the hearing and shall
29   be served in accordance with rule of civil procedure
30   56.1.  Proof of the giving of notice shall be filed
31   with the juvenile court or court prior to the adoption
32   hearing.  Acceptance of service by the party being
33   given notice shall satisfy the requirements of this
34   subsection.
35     Sec. ___.  Section 600.12, subsections 2 and 3,
36   Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
37     2.  Only those persons notified under section
38   600.11 and their witnesses and legal counsel or
39   persons requested by the juvenile court or court to be

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