The juvenile court shall base its findings and order under section 600A.9 on clear and convincing proof. The following shall be, either separately or jointly, grounds for ordering termination of parental rights:
1. A parent has signed a release of custody pursuant to section 600A.4 and the release has not been revoked.
2. A parent has petitioned for the parent's termination of parental rights pursuant to section 600A.5.
3. A parent has abandoned the child.
4. A parent has been ordered to contribute to the support of the child or financially aid in the child's birth and has failed to do so without good cause.
5. A parent does not object to the termination after having been given proper notice and the opportunity to object.
6. A parent does not object to the termination although every reasonable effort has been made to identify, locate and give notice to that parent as required in section 600A.6.
7. An adoptive parent requests termination of parental rights and the parent-child relationship based upon a showing that the adoption was fraudulently induced in accordance with the procedures set out in section 600A.9, subsection 3.
8. Both of the following circumstances apply to a parent:
a. The parent has been determined to be a chronic substance abuser as defined in section 125.2 and the parent has committed a second or subsequent domestic abuse assault pursuant to section 708.2A.
b. The parent has abducted the child, has improperly removed the child from the physical custody of the person entitled to custody without the consent of that person, or has improperly retained the child after a visit or other temporary relinquishment of physical custody.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, § 232.41; C77, 79, 81, § 600A.8]
92 Acts, ch 1192, § 2, 5; 95 Acts, ch 182, § 26
Referred to in § 600A.5
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