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