House
File
2402
-
Enrolled
House
File
2402
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
AN
AGENT’S
TERMINATION
OR
SUSPENSION
OF
AUTHORITY
FOR
A
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
633B.110,
subsection
2,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
The
agent
is
named
as
having
abused
the
principal
in
a
founded
dependent
adult
abuse
report.
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
The
agent
is
convicted
of
dependent
adult
abuse
for
having
abused
the
principal.
Sec.
2.
Section
633B.116,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0g.
A
person
who
becomes
aware
of
pending
criminal
charges
of
dependent
adult
abuse
against
the
agent
as
having
abused
the
principal.
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00g.
A
person
who
becomes
aware
of
an
investigation
of
dependent
adult
abuse
related
to
the
agent
as
having
abused
the
principal.
Sec.
3.
Section
633B.116,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Upon
a
petition
to
the
court
to
review
an
agent’s
conduct
relating
to
pending
criminal
charges
of
dependent
adult
abuse
or
an
investigation
of
dependent
adult
abuse
related
to
the
principal,
the
court
may
suspend
the
agent’s
power
of
attorney
and
may
appoint
a
guardian
ad
litem
House
File
2402,
p.
2
to
represent
the
principal.
The
guardian
ad
litem
shall
be
a
practicing
attorney.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2402,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor