Text: HF02387 Text: HF02389 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.103, subsection 4, Code Supplement 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. The court may modify a dispositional order, vacate and 1 4 substitute a dispositional order, or terminateana 1 5 dispositional order and release the child if the court finds 1 6 thattheany of the following circumstances exist: 1 7 a. The purposes of the order have been accomplished and 1 8 the child is no longer in need of supervision, care, or 1 9 treatment. 1 10 b. The purposes of the order cannot reasonably be 1 11 accomplished. 1 12 c. The efforts made to effect the purposes of the order 1 13 have been unsuccessful and other options to effect the 1 14 purposes of the order are not available. 1 15 d. The purposes of the order have been sufficiently 1 16 accomplished and the continuation of supervision, care, or 1 17 treatment is unjustified or unwarranted. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill expands the circumstances by which the juvenile 1 20 court may modify, vacate and substitute, or terminate a child 1 21 in need of assistance dispositional order. 1 22 Current law under Code section 232.103 authorizes the 1 23 court, upon a motion or upon the court's own motion, to 1 24 terminate an order and release the child if the court finds 1 25 the purposes of the order have been accomplished and the child 1 26 is no longer in need of supervision, care, or treatment. 1 27 The bill expands this authority to modification of a 1 28 dispositional order or vacation and substitution of a 1 29 dispositional order. Additional grounds are provided if the 1 30 court finds that the purposes of the order cannot reasonably 1 31 be accomplished, the efforts made to effect the purposes of 1 32 the order were unsuccessful and other viable options are 1 33 unavailable, or the purposes have been sufficiently 1 34 accomplished and the continuation of supervision, care, or 1 35 treatment is unjustified or unwarranted. 2 1 LSB 5791HH 80 2 2 jp/pj/5
Text: HF02387 Text: HF02389 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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