Senate Amendment 3137


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 119 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  3 clause and inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 236.3, subsection 6, Code
     1  5 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    6.  Name and age of each minor child under eighteen
     1  7 whose welfare may be affected by the controversy.  The
     1  8 petition may also specify individual animals owned,
     1  9 possessed, leased, kept, or held by the petitioner,
     1 10 respondent, or minor child of the petitioner or
     1 11 respondent if the petitioner, respondent, or minor
     1 12 child of the petitioner or respondent has a
     1 13 significant and specific established personal or
     1 14 emotional attachment to the individual animal.
     1 15 However, this subsection shall not apply to livestock
     1 16 as defined in section 717.1, held solely or primarily
     1 17 for commercial purposes.
     1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 236.4, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
     1 19 amended to read as follows:
     1 20    2.  a.  The court may enter any temporary order it
     1 21 deems necessary to protect the plaintiff from domestic
     1 22 abuse prior to the hearing, upon good cause shown in
     1 23 an ex parte proceeding.  Present danger of domestic
     1 24 abuse to the plaintiff constitutes good cause for
     1 25 purposes of this subsection.
     1 26    b.  The court may include in the temporary order
     1 27 issued pursuant to this subsection a grant to the
     1 28 petitioner of the exclusive care, possession, or
     1 29 control of any individual animals owned, possessed,
     1 30 leased, kept, or held by the petitioner, respondent,
     1 31 or minor child of the petitioner or respondent if the
     1 32 petitioner, respondent, or minor child of the
     1 33 petitioner or respondent has a significant and
     1 34 specific established personal or emotional attachment
     1 35 to the individual animal.  The court may forbid the
     1 36 respondent from approaching, taking, transferring,
     1 37 encumbering, concealing, molesting, attacking,
     1 38 striking, threatening, harming, or otherwise disposing
     1 39 of the animal.  This paragraph shall not apply to
     1 40 livestock as defined in section 717.1, held solely or
     1 41 primarily for commercial purposes.
     1 42    Sec. 3.  Section 236.5, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
     1 43 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
     1 44    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The court may include in an
     1 45 order issued pursuant to this section a grant to the
     1 46 petitioner of the exclusive care, possession, or
     1 47 control of any individual animals owned, possessed,
     1 48 leased, kept, or held by the petitioner, respondent,
     1 49 or minor child of the petitioner or respondent if the
     1 50 petitioner, respondent, or minor child of the
     2  1 petitioner or respondent has a significant and
     2  2 specific established personal or emotional attachment
     2  3 to the individual animal.  The court may forbid the
     2  4 respondent from approaching, taking, transferring,
     2  5 encumbering, concealing, molesting, attacking,
     2  6 striking, threatening, harming, or otherwise disposing
     2  7 of the animal.  This paragraph shall not apply to
     2  8 livestock as defined in section 717.1, held solely or
     2  9 primarily for commercial purposes.>
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     2 13 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH
     2 14 SF 119.702 83
     2 15 rh/nh/23066

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