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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 236.5, subsection 2, paragraph e, 1 2 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 3 follows: 1 4 An order for counseling, a protection order, or approved 1 5 consent agreement shall be for a fixed period of time not to 1 6 exceed one year. The court may amend or extend its order or a 1 7 consent agreement at any time upon a petition filed by either 1 8 party and after notice and hearing. The court may extend the 1 9 order if the court finds that the defendant continues to pose 1 10 a threat to the safety of the victim, persons residing with 1 11 the victim, or member's of the victim's immediate family. At 1 12 the time of the extension, the parties need not meet the 1 13 requirement in section 236.2, subsection 2, paragraph "d", 1 14 that the parties lived together during the last year if the 1 15 parties met the requirements of section 236.2, subsection 2, 1 16 paragraph "d", at the time of the original order. The number 1 17 of extensions that can be granted by the court is not limited. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 236.19, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 19 amended to read as follows: 1 20 2. A copy of a foreign protective order authenticated in 1 21 accordance with the statutes of this state may be filed with 1 22 the clerk of the district courtof thein any county in which 1 23 the person in whose favor the order was enteredresidesmay be 1 24 present. The clerk shall provide copies of the order as 1 25 required by section 236.5. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill amends two sections in Code chapter 236 relating 1 28 to protective orders for domestic abuse. 1 29 The bill amends Code section 236.5 to permit the court to 1 30 grant an unlimited number of extensions of a protective order 1 31 if the court finds that the defendant still poses a threat to 1 32 the safety of the victim, the victim's family, or persons 1 33 residing with the victim. 1 34 The bill expands Code section 236.19 to allow a person who 1 35 is protected by a foreign protective order to register the 2 1 order with the district court in any county where the person 2 2 may be present, rather than just the county where the person 2 3 resides. 2 4 LSB 2198HH 78 2 5 jj/gg/8
Text: HF00304 Text: HF00306 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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