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House File 22

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 66.1
Committee Report Issued: H.J. 633.1 H.J. 458.2 S.J. 700.2
Passed House: H.J. 724.2
Passed Senate: S.J. 894.2
Signed by Governor: H.J. 1676.2
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 22
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE AWARDING OF JOINT PHYSICAL CARE OF A CHILD.
  1  5 
  1  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  7 
  1  8    Section 1.  Section 598.41, subsection 5, Code 2003, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    5.  a.  Joint physical care may be in the best interest of
  1 11 the child, but If joint legal custody does not require is
  1 12 awarded to both parents, the court may award joint physical
  1 13 care.  When the court determines such action would be in the
  1 14 best interest of the child and would preserve the relationship
  1 15 between each parent and the child, joint physical care may be
  1 16 awarded to both joint custodial parents or physical care may
  1 17 be awarded to one joint custodial parent upon the request of
  1 18 either parent.  If the court denies the request for joint
  1 19 physical care, the determination shall be accompanied by
  1 20 specific findings of fact and conclusions of law that the
  1 21 awarding of joint physical care is not in the best interest of
  1 22 the child.
  1 23    b.  If joint physical care is not awarded under paragraph
  1 24 "a", and only one joint custodial parent is awarded physical
  1 25 care, the parent responsible for providing physical care shall
  1 26 support the other parent's relationship with the child.
  1 27 Physical care awarded to one parent does not affect the other
  1 28 parent's rights and responsibilities as a joint legal
  1 29 custodian of the child.  Rights and responsibilities as joint
  1 30 legal custodian of the child include, but are not limited to,
  1 31 equal participation in decisions affecting the child's legal
  1 32 status, medical care, education, extracurricular activities,
  1 33 and religious instruction.  
  1 34 
  1 35 
  2  1                                                             
  2  2                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  2  3                               Speaker of the House
  2  4 
  2  5 
  2  6                                                             
  2  7                               JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
  2  8                               President of the Senate
  2  9 
  2 10    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2 11 is known as House File 22, Eightieth General Assembly.
  2 12 
  2 13 
  2 14                                                             
  2 15                               MARGARET THOMSON
  2 16                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 17 Approved                , 2004
  2 18 
  2 19 
  2 20                            
  2 21 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 22 Governor

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