House File 498 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUTTER and BERRY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prescribing the frequency of a guardian ad litem's visits 2 to the residence of a child. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2928HH 81 5 jp/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 22, paragraph b, 1 2 subparagraph (3), Code 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (3) Visiting the home, residence, or both home and 1 4 residence of the child and any prospective home or residence 1 5 of the child, including each time placement is changed. At 1 6 least once every ninety days, the guardian ad litem shall 1 7 personally visit the residence of the child at a time when the 1 8 child is present in the residence. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill amends one of the duties contained in the 1 11 definition of the term "guardian ad litem" in Code section 1 12 232.2. A guardian ad litem is an individual appointed by the 1 13 juvenile court to represent the child's interests in any 1 14 judicial proceeding. 1 15 Current law requires the guardian ad litem to visit a 1 16 child's home or residence, or both, and the prospective home 1 17 or residence of the child, including each time the child's 1 18 placement is changed. The bill specifies that at least once 1 19 every 90 days the guardian ad litem must visit the child's 1 20 residence at a time when the child is present in the 1 21 residence. 1 22 LSB 2928HH 81 1 23 jp:nh/sh/8