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30 released under subsection 1, the individual shall
31 notify the department of human services and the
32 department shall take the actions necessary to assume
33 the care, control, and custody of the newborn infant.
34 The department shall immediately notify the juvenile
35 court and the county attorney of the department's
36 action and the circumstances surrounding the action
37 and request an ex parte order from the juvenile court
38 ordering, in accordance with the requirements of
39 section 232.78, the department to take custody of the
40 newborn infant. Upon receiving the order, the
41 department shall take custody of the newborn infant.
42 Within twenty-four hours of taking custody of the
43 newborn infant, the department shall notify the
44 juvenile court and the county attorney in writing of
45 the department's action and the circumstances
46 surrounding the action.
47 4. a. Upon being notified in writing by the
48 department under subsection 3, the county attorney
49 shall file a petition alleging the newborn infant to
50 be a child in need of assistance in accordance with
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1 section 232.87 and a petition for termination of
2 parental rights with respect to the newborn infant in
3 accordance with section 232.111, subsection 2,
4 paragraph "a". A hearing on a child in need of
5 assistance petition filed pursuant to this subsection
6 shall be held at the earliest practicable time. A
7 hearing on a termination of parental rights petition
8 filed pursuant to this subsection shall be held no
9 later than thirty days after the day the physical
10 custody of the newborn child was relinquished in
11 accordance with subsection 1 unless the juvenile court
12 continues the hearing beyond the thirty days for good
13 cause shown.
14 b. Notice of a petition filed pursuant to this
15 subsection shall be provided to any known parent and
16 others in accordance with the provisions of chapter
17 232 and shall be served upon any putative father
18 registered with the state registrar of vital
19 statistics pursuant to section 144.12A. In addition,
20 prior to holding a termination of parental rights
21 hearing with respect to the newborn infant, notice by
22 publication shall be provided as described in section
23 600A.6, subsection 5.
24 5. Reasonable efforts, as defined in section
25 232.102, that are made in regard to the newborn infant
26 shall be limited to the efforts made in a timely
27 manner to finalize a permanency plan for the newborn
28 infant.
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