House Journal: Page 1138: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
38 the individual has an incurable and irreversible
39 condition which will lead to death.
40 2. A terminally ill parent may consent to
41 termination of parental rights and adoption of a child
42 under a standby adoption if the other parent of the
43 child is not living or the other parent has previously
44 had the parent's parental rights terminated.
45 3. A person who meets the qualifications to file
46 an adoption petition pursuant to section 600.4 may
47 file a petition for standby adoption. A standby
48 adoption shall comply with the requirements of
49 sections 600.7 through 600.12. However, the court may
50 order that the completion of placement investigations
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1 and reports be expedited based on the circumstances of
2 a particular case. The court may waive the minimum
3 residence period requirement pursuant to section
4 600.10 to expedite the standby adoption if necessary.
5 4. If a consent to a standby adoption is attached
6 to an adoption petition pursuant to section 600.6, the
7 court determines that the requirements of this chapter
8 relative to a standby adoption are met, and the court
9 determines that the standby adoption is in the best
10 interest of the child to be adopted, the court shall
11 issue a standby adoption decree or a final adoption
12 decree. However, the terminally ill parent's parental
13 rights shall not be terminated and the standby
14 adoption shall not be finalized until the death of the
15 terminally ill parent or the request of the terminally
16 ill parent for issuance of the final adoption decree.
17 5. A standby adoption decree shall become final
18 upon notice of the death of the terminally ill parent
19 or upon the terminally ill parent's request that a
20 final adoption decree be issued. If the court
21 determines at the time of the notice or request that
22 the standby adoption is still in the best interest of
23 the child, the court shall issue a final adoption
24 decree."
25 2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
26 word "Act" the following: "relating to adoption
27 including providing for standby adoptions and".
28 3. By renumbering as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-1453.
Carroll of Poweshiek moved that the bill, as amended by the
Senate and concurred in by the House, be read a last time now and
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