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1 1 Section 1. Section 232.109, Code 2001, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 232.109 JURISDICTION.
1 4 The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
1 5 proceedings under this chapter to terminate a parent-child
1 6 relationship and all parental rights with respect to a child.
1 7 No such termination shall be ordered except under the
1 8 provisions of this chapter if the court has made an order
1 9 concerning the child pursuant to the provisions of division
1 10 III of this chapter and the order is in force at the time a
1 11 petition for termination is filed. The juvenile court shall
1 12 also have jurisdiction to modify any child support order to
1 13 conform with changes in custody ordered pursuant to this
1 14 division.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill expands the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to
1 17 include modifying certain child support orders. Under the
1 18 bill, the juvenile court is granted jurisdiction to modify any
1 19 child support order to conform with any change of custody
1 20 ordered in a child in need of assistance proceeding in
1 21 juvenile court.
1 22 Current law grants only the district court with
1 23 jurisdiction to modify a child support order.
1 24 LSB 5936HV 79
1 25 jm/cls/14
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