235F.8  Procedure.
  1.  A proceeding under this chapter shall be held in accordance with the rules of civil procedure, except as otherwise set forth in this chapter and in chapter 664A, and is in addition to any other civil or criminal remedy.
  2.  The plaintiff’s right to relief under this chapter is not affected by the vulnerable elder leaving the vulnerable elder’s home to avoid elder abuse.
2014 Acts, ch 1107, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §84