House File 2257 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SODERBERG


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a minor child's petition for a name change.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 6170HH 82
  4 rh/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 674.6, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    674.6  NOTICE == CONSENT.
  1  4    1.  If the petitioner is married, the petitioner must give
  1  5 legal notice to the spouse, in the manner of an original
  1  6 notice, of the filing of the petition.
  1  7    2.  If the petition includes or is filed on behalf of a
  1  8 minor child fourteen sixteen years of age or older, the
  1  9 child's written consent to the change of name of that child is
  1 10 required.
  1 11    3.  If the petition includes or is filed on behalf of a
  1 12 minor child under fourteen sixteen, both parents as stated on
  1 13 the birth certificate of the minor child shall file their
  1 14 written consent to the name change.  If one of the parents
  1 15 does not consent to the name change, a hearing shall be set on
  1 16 the petition on twenty days' notice to the nonconsenting
  1 17 parent pursuant to the rules of civil procedure.  At the
  1 18 hearing the court may waive the requirement of consent as to
  1 19 one of the parents if it finds any of the following:
  1 20    1.  a.  That the parent has abandoned the child;.
  1 21    2.  b.  That the parent has been ordered to contribute to
  1 22 the support of the child or to financially aid in the child's
  1 23 birth and has failed to do so without good cause; or.
  1 24    3.  c.  That the parent does not object to the name change
  1 25 after having been given due and proper notice.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill changes the age at which a petition for a name
  1 28 change of a minor child may be filed without the consent of
  1 29 the minor from under 14 to under 16.
  1 30 LSB 6170HH 82
  1 31 rh/rj/14