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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 172 as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 31, the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 600.14A FINALITY OF 1 6 ADOPTION DECREE. 1 7 1. After the expiration of thirty days following 1 8 the entry of the final adoption decree, the final 1 9 adoption decree shall not be attacked by reason of any 1 10 jurisdictional or procedural defect, fraud, duress, or 1 11 misrepresentation, and any such defect shall be deemed 1 12 cured. This subsection shall not apply to section 1 13 600A.9, subsection 3. 1 14 2. If a final adoption decree is attacked on any 1 15 basis at any time, the paramount consideration of the 1 16 court shall be the best interest of the child, and the 1 17 court shall sustain the final adoption decree unless 1 18 the court is presented with clear and convincing 1 19 evidence that the adoption is not in the best interest 1 20 of the child." 1 21 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 22 HF 172S 1 23 pf/cc/26
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