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House Journal: Page 1759: Friday, April 17, 1998

18   line 19, and inserting the following:
19     "__.  The court finds the circumstances described
20   in section 232.116, subsection 1, paragraph "h", are
21   applicable to the child."
22     6.  Page 5, line 22, by striking the words "a
23   preponderance of" and inserting the following:  "clear
24   and convincing".
25     7.  Page 5, by striking lines 30 and 31 and
26   inserting the following:
27     "__.  The parent has been convicted of aiding or
28   abetting, attempting, conspiring in, or soliciting the
29   commission of the murder or voluntary".
30     8.  Page 7, by striking lines 30 and 31 and
31   inserting the following:
32     "(2)  A court has determined aggravated
33   circumstances exist and has waived the requirement for
34   making reasonable efforts under section 232.102
35   because the court has found the circumstances
36   described in section 232.116, subsection 1, paragraph
37   "h", are applicable to the child.
38     (3)  The child is less than twelve months of age
39   and has been judicially determined to meet the
40   definition of abandonment of a child."
41     9.  Page 7, by striking line 32 and inserting the
42   following:
43     "(4)  The parent has been convicted of the murder".
44     10.  Page 7, by striking lines 34 and 35 and
45   inserting the following:
46     "(5)  The parent has been convicted of aiding or
47   abetting, attempting, conspiring in, or soliciting the
48   commission".
49     11.  Page 8, by inserting after line 2 the
50   following:

Page 2  

 1     "(6)  The parent has been convicted of a felony
 2   assault which resulted in serious bodily injury of the
 3   child or of another child of the parent."
 4     12.  Page 8, by inserting after line 17 the
 5   following:
 6     "Sec. ___.  Section 232.112, subsection 1, Code
 7   1997, is amended to read as follows:
 8     1.  Persons listed in section 232.111, subsection
 9   3, shall be necessary parties to a termination of
10   parent-child relationship proceeding and are entitled
11   to receive notice and an opportunity to be heard,
12   except that notice may be dispensed with in the case
13   of any such person whose name or whereabouts the court
14   determines is unknown and cannot be ascertained by
15   reasonably diligent search.  In addition to the
16   persons who are necessary parties who may be parties
17   under section 232.111, notice for any hearing under

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