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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 600.15, Code Supplement 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 600.15 FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. 1 41. a.A decree establishing a parent-child relationship 1 5 by adoption which is issued pursuant to due process of law by 1 6 a juvenile court or court of any other jurisdiction in the 1 7 United States or in the child's country of origin shall be 1 8 recognized in this state. 1 9b. A decree terminating a parent-child relationship which1 10is issued pursuant to due process of law by a juvenile court1 11or court of any other jurisdiction in the United States shall1 12be recognized in this state.1 13c. Documentation demonstrating that a child has been1 14legally released or approved for adoption by the child's1 15country of origin shall be accepted as evidence that1 16termination of parental rights has been completed in that1 17country and shall be recognized in this state.1 182. If an adoption has occurred in the minor person's1 19country of origin, a further adoption must occur in the state1 20where the adopting parents reside in accordance with the1 21adoption laws of that state.1 223. A licensed child-placing agency as defined in section1 23238.2, a person making an independent placement as defined in1 24section 600A.2, or an investigator may provide necessary1 25assistance to an eligible citizen of Iowa who desires to, in1 26accordance with the immigration laws of the United States,1 27make an international adoption.1 28 Sec. 2. PENDING ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS APPLICABILITY. 1 29 This Act applies to adoption proceedings pending in this state 1 30 on the effective date of this Act. 1 31 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 32 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill relates to foreign and international adoptions. 1 35 The bill replaces the current provisions relating to foreign 2 1 and international adoptions, including the requirement that if 2 2 an adoption occurred in the minor person's country of origin, 2 3 an additional adoption must occur in the state in which the 2 4 adopting parents reside and under the laws of that state, and 2 5 instead provides that a decree establishing a parent-child 2 6 relationship by adoption which is issued pursuant to due 2 7 process of law by a juvenile court or court of any 2 8 jurisdiction in the United States or in the minor person's 2 9 country of origin is recognized in this state. The provisions 2 10 of the bill apply to adoption proceedings pending in Iowa on 2 11 the effective date of the bill. The bill takes effect upon 2 12 enactment. 2 13 LSB 5426HH 79 2 14 pf/cf/24.1
Text: HF02030 Text: HF02032 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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