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27 awareness of the availability of the newborn safe
28 haven Act, among adolescents, young parents, and
29 others who might avail themselves of the Act.
30 3. Signage that may be used to identify the
31 institutional health facilities at which physical
32 custody of a newborn infant may be relinquished in
33 accordance with this chapter.
34 Sec. 7. Section 232.2, subsection 6, Code 2001, is
35 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
36 NEW PARAGRAPH. p. Who is a newborn infant whose
37 parent has voluntarily released custody of the child
38 in accordance with chapter 232B.
39 Sec. 8. Section 232.111, subsection 2, paragraph
40 a, subparagraph (3), Code 2001, is amended to read as
41 follows:
42 (3) The child is less than twelve months of age
43 and has been judicially determined to meet the
44 definition of abandonment of a child or the child is a
45 newborn infant whose parent has voluntarily released
46 custody of the child in accordance with chapter 232B.
47 Sec. 9. Section 232.116, subsection 1, Code 2001,
48 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
49 NEW PARAGRAPH. bb. The court finds that there is
50 clear and convincing evidence that the child is a
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1 newborn infant whose parent has voluntarily released
2 custody of the child in accordance with chapter 232B.
3 Sec. 10. Section 232.117, Code 2001, is amended by
4 adding the following new subsection:
5 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. If a termination of parental
6 rights order is issued on the grounds that the child
7 is a newborn infant whose parent has voluntarily
8 released custody of the child under section 232.116,
9 subsection 1, paragraph "bb", the court shall retain
10 jurisdiction to change a guardian or custodian and to
11 allow a parent whose rights have been terminated to
12 request vacation or appeal of the termination order
13 which request must be made within thirty days of
14 issuance of the granting of the termination order.
15 The period for request for vacation or appeal by a
16 parent whose rights have been terminated shall not be
17 waived or extended and a vacation or appeal shall not
18 be granted for a request made after the expiration of
19 this period. The court shall grant the vacation
20 request only if it is in the best interest of the
21 child. The supreme court shall prescribe rules to
22 establish the period of thirty days, which shall not
23 be waived or extended, in which a parent whose
24 parental rights have been terminated may request a
25 vacation or appeal of such a termination order.
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