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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
TERMINATION
OF
PARENTAL
RIGHTS
PROCEEDINGS
BASED
UPON
SAFETY
OR
SECURITY
CONCERNS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
600A.5,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
600A.5
Petition
for
termination
——
venue
——
safety
or
security
concerns
.
1.
The
following
persons
may
petition
a
juvenile
court
for
termination
of
parental
rights
under
this
chapter
if
the
child
of
the
parent-child
relationship
is
born
or
expected
to
be
born
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275,
p.
2
within
one
hundred
eighty
days
of
the
date
of
petition
filing:
a.
A
parent
or
prospective
parent
of
the
parent-child
relationship.
b.
A
custodian
or
guardian
of
the
child.
2.
A
petition
for
termination
of
parental
rights
shall
be
filed
,
and
venue
shall
lie,
with
the
juvenile
court
in
the
county
in
which
the
guardian
or
custodian
of
the
child
resides
or
the
child,
the
biological
mother
,
or
the
pregnant
woman
is
domiciled.
If
a
juvenile
court
has
made
an
order
pertaining
to
a
minor
child
under
chapter
232,
division
III
,
and
that
order
is
still
in
force,
the
termination
proceedings
shall
be
conducted
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
chapter
232,
division
IV
.
3.
A
petition
for
termination
of
parental
rights
shall
include
the
following:
a.
The
legal
name,
age
and
domicile,
if
any,
of
the
child.
b.
The
names,
residences,
and
domicile
of
any:
(1)
Living
parents
of
the
child.
(2)
Guardian
of
the
child.
(3)
Custodian
of
the
child.
(4)
Guardian
ad
litem
of
the
child.
(5)
Petitioner.
(6)
Person
standing
in
the
place
of
the
parents
of
the
child.
c.
A
plain
statement
of
the
facts
and
grounds
in
section
600A.8
which
indicate
that
the
parent-child
relationship
should
be
terminated.
d.
A
plain
statement
explaining
why
the
petitioner
does
not
know
any
of
the
information
required
under
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
of
this
subsection
.
e.
The
signature
and
verification
of
the
petitioner.
4.
If
the
petitioner
alleges
and
affirms
in
the
verified
petition
that
the
petitioner
has
a
legitimate
concern
for
the
safety
or
security
of
the
child
or
petitioner,
all
of
the
following
shall
apply:
a.
Notwithstanding
subsection
2,
the
petitioner
may
file
the
petition
in
a
county
within
the
same
judicial
district
but
other
than
those
counties
specified,
and
venue
shall
be
in
the
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3
county
in
which
the
petition
is
filed.
b.
The
court
shall
keep
confidential
the
residence
and
domicile
of
the
child
and
the
petitioner
disclosed
in
the
petition.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
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275,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor