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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2258 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1 5 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 6. For filing an application for the license to 1 7 marry, thirty-five dollars, which includes payment for 1 8 one certified copy of the original certificate of 1 9 marriage, to be issued following filing of the 1 10 original certificate of marriage, four dollars of 1 11 which shall be retained by the county pursuant to 1 12 subsection 5. For issuing an application for an order 1 13 of the district court authorizing the validation of a 1 14 license to marry before the expiration ofthreethe 1 15 number of days specified in section 595.4, from the 1 16 date of issuance of the license, five dollars. The 1 17 district court shall authorize the early validation of 1 18 a marriage license without the payment of any fees 1 19 imposed in this subsection upon showing that the 1 20 applicant is unable to pay the fees. 1 21 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 595.3B APPLICATION – 1 22 PREMARITAL EDUCATION. 1 23 1. An application form for a marriage license 1 24 shall have attached a certificate form to be used by 1 25 the parties to document completion of premarital 1 26 education by the parties. The certificate shall be 1 27 completed by the parties and signed by the person who 1 28 provided the premarital education. The certificate 1 29 shall be filed with the verified application in 1 30 accordance with section 595.4. The certificate form 1 31 shall require provision of all of the following 1 32 information: 1 33 a. The name of the person providing the premarital 1 34 education and the person's signature verifying 1 35 completion of the premarital education by the parties. 1 36 b. The number of hours of premarital education 1 37 completed. 1 38 2. Only premarital education provided by the 1 39 following persons shall be accepted to document 1 40 completion under this section: 1 41 a. A person ordained or designated as a leader of 1 42 a party's religious faith or the person's designee. 1 43 b. A person licensed to practice psychology 1 44 pursuant to chapter 154B. 1 45 c. A person licensed to practice social work as a 1 46 licensed master social worker or a licensed 1 47 independent social worker pursuant to chapter 154C. 1 48 d. A person licensed to practice marital and 1 49 family therapy or mental health counseling pursuant to 1 50 chapter 154D. 2 1 e. An advanced registered nurse practitioner 2 2 licensed pursuant to chapter 152 who specializes in 2 3 adult psychiatric services. 2 4 Sec. 3. Section 595.4, Code 2003, is amended to 2 5 read as follows: 2 6 595.4 AGE AND QUALIFICATION – VERIFIED 2 7 APPLICATION – WAITING PERIOD –EXCEPTIONEXCEPTIONS. 2 8 1.PreviousPrior to the issuance of any license 2 9 to marry, the parties desiring the license shall sign 2 10 and file a verified application with the county 2 11 registrar which application either may be mailed to 2 12 the parties at their request or may be signed by them 2 13 at the office of the county registrar in the county in 2 14 which the license is to be issued. The application 2 15 shall include the social security number of each 2 16 applicant and shall set forth at least one affidavit 2 17 of some competent and disinterested person stating the 2 18 facts as to age and qualification of the parties. 2 19 Upon the filing of the application for a license to 2 20 marry, the county registrar shall file the application 2 21 in a record kept for that purpose and shall take all 2 22 necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of the 2 23 social security number of each applicant. All 2 24 information included on an application may be provided 2 25 as mutually agreed upon by the division of records and 2 26 statistics and the child support recovery unit, 2 27 including by automated exchange. 2 28 2. Upon receipt of a verified application, the 2 29 county registrar may issue the licensewhich shall not2 30become valid until the expiration of three days after2 31the date of issuance of the license. If the license 2 32 has not been issued within six months from the date of 2 33 the application, the application is void. 2 34 3. A license issued under subsection 2 shall 2 35 become valid as follows: 2 36 a. If the parties desiring the license have 2 37 participated in premarital education and submit 2 38 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 39 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 40 license shall become valid upon the expiration of 2 41 three days after the date of issuance of the license. 2 42 b. If the parties desiring the license have not 2 43 participated in premarital education or do not submit 2 44 documentation verifying completion of premarital 2 45 education in accordance with section 595.3B, the 2 46 license shall not become valid until the expiration of 2 47 twenty days after the date of issuance of the license. 2 48 4. A license to marry may be validated prior to 2 49 the expiration ofthreethe number of days specified 2 50 in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of the 3 1 license in cases of emergency or extraordinary 3 2 circumstances. An order authorizing the validation of 3 3 a license may be granted by a judge of the district 3 4 court under conditions of emergency or extraordinary 3 5 circumstances upon application of the parties filed 3 6 with the county registrar.NoAn ordermayshall not 3 7 be granted unless the parties have filed an 3 8 application for a marriage license in a county within 3 9 the judicial district. An application for an order 3 10 shall be made on forms furnished by the county 3 11 registrar at the same time the application for the 3 12 license to marry is made. After examining the 3 13 application for the marriage license and issuing the 3 14 license, the county registrar shall refer the parties 3 15 to a judge of the district court for action on the 3 16 application for an order authorizing the validation of 3 17 a marriage license prior to expiration ofthreethe 3 18 number of days specified in subsection 3 from the date 3 19 of issuance of the license. The judge shall, if 3 20 satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or 3 21 extraordinary circumstances, grant an order 3 22 authorizing the validation of a license to marry prior 3 23 to the expiration ofthreethe number of days 3 24 specified in subsection 3 from the date of issuance of 3 25 the license to marry. The county registrar shall 3 26 validate a license to marry upon presentation by the 3 27 parties of the order authorizing a license to be 3 28 validated. A fee of five dollars shall be paid to the 3 29 county registrar at the time the application for the 3 30 order is made, which fee is in addition to the fee 3 31 prescribed by law for the issuance of a marriage 3 32 license. 3 33 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 598.7B PARENTING PLANS. 3 34 1. Beginning October 1, 2004, the parties to a 3 35 petition for dissolution of marriage, annulment, or 3 36 separate maintenance that involves minor children or 3 37 to an application for a motion to modify an order 3 38 involving custody or visitation shall submit a 3 39 proposed parenting plan, either individually or 3 40 jointly, within thirty days after the service of 3 41 process of the petition for dissolution of marriage, 3 42 annulment, or separate maintenance, or the application 3 43 for a motion to modify an order involving custody or 3 44 visitation. The proposed parenting plan shall specify 3 45 the arrangements that the party believes to be in the 3 46 best interest of any minor child and shall specify 3 47 other details as required by rules prescribed by the 3 48 supreme court. 3 49 2. The supreme court shall prescribe rules no 3 50 later than September 1, 2004, establishing guidelines 4 1 for a parenting plan form which may be used by the 4 2 parties in any dissolution of marriage, annulment, 4 3 legal separation, or modification proceeding involving 4 4 the issues of custody and visitation. Beginning 4 5 September 1, 2004, the clerk of the district court 4 6 shall furnish parenting plan forms to the parties in a 4 7 dissolution of marriage, annulment, or separate 4 8 maintenance action or modification proceeding 4 9 involving custody or visitation, without cost to the 4 10 parties. 4 11 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provision of the 4 12 section of this Act enacting section 598.7B that 4 13 directs the supreme court to prescribe rules regarding 4 14 the guidelines for parenting plans, being deemed of 4 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 4 16 #2. Title page, by striking line 1 and inserting 4 17 the following: "An Act establishing marriage and 4 18 domestic relations requirements and providing an 4 19 effective date." 4 20 4 21 4 22 4 23 NEAL SCHUERER 4 24 SF 2258.501 80 4 25 pf/pj
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