House Study Bill 581 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            JUDICIARY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON SWAIM)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to attendance at child in need of assistance
  2    proceedings.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5799HC 82
  5 jm/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.91, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  Any person who is entitled under section 232.88 to
  1  4 receive notice of a hearing concerning a child shall be given
  1  5 the opportunity to be heard in any other review or hearing
  1  6 involving the child.  A foster parent, relative, or other
  1  7 individual with whom a child has been placed for preadoptive
  1  8 care shall have the right to be heard in any proceeding
  1  9 involving the child.  If a child is of an age appropriate to
  1 10 attend the hearing but the child does not attend, the court
  1 11 shall determine if the child was informed of the child's right
  1 12 to attend the hearing.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill relates to attendance at child in need of
  1 15 assistance proceedings.
  1 16    Under the bill, in any child in need of assistance
  1 17 proceedings where the child does not attend and the child's
  1 18 age is appropriate to attend such proceedings, the court shall
  1 19 determine if the child was informed of the child's right to
  1 20 attend.
  1 21 LSB 5799HC 82
  1 22 jm/rj/8