598A.21  Preservation of documents.

In any custody proceeding in this state, the court shall preserve the pleadings, orders and decrees, and any record that has been made of its hearings, social studies, and other pertinent documents until the child reaches eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request of the court of another state, the court shall forward to the other court certified copies of any or all of such documents.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 598A.21]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 598A.6, 598A.22


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