House File 471 S-3206 Amend House File 471, as passed by the House, as 1 follows: 2 1. Page 2, after line 1 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 600A.8, Code 2013, is amended by 4 adding the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 11. a. The parent is palpably 6 unfit to be a party to the parent-child relationship 7 as determined by a consistent pattern of specific 8 conduct or specific conditions directly relating to the 9 parent-child relationship which are determined by the 10 court to be of a duration or nature that renders the 11 parent unable, for the reasonably foreseeable future, 12 to provide the appropriate care and support for the 13 ongoing physical, mental, or emotional needs of the 14 child. 15 b. In making a determination that a parent is 16 palpably unfit, the court may consider any specific 17 conduct or specific conditions directly relating 18 to the parent-child relationship that the court 19 deems significant in rendering the parent unable 20 to provide the appropriate care and support for the 21 ongoing physical, mental, or emotional needs of the 22 child. Such conduct or conditions may include but 23 are not limited to the parent’s history relating to a 24 substance-related disorder as defined in section 125.2 25 that results in the parent being a danger to self or 26 others as evidenced by prior acts; the parent’s history 27 of domestic abuse assault pursuant to section 708.2A; 28 the parent’s history of imprisonment for a felony 29 offense including any crime against a child; or the 30 parent’s current imprisonment from which the parent is 31 unlikely to be released in five years or less. > 32 2. Title page, line 1, after < to > by inserting 33 < termination of parental rights proceedings including 34 grounds for termination of parental rights and > 35 3. By renumbering as necessary. 36 ______________________________ BRAD ZAUN -1- HF471.1484 (1) 85 pf/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.