SSB 3143 (LSB 5843XC (3) 83)

SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KREIMAN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to grandparents’ rights to receive notice regarding child in need of assistance and related reviews and proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.88, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   232.88  Summons, notice, subpoenas, and service.

   After a petition has been filed, the court shall issue and serve summons, subpoenas, and other process in the same manner as for adjudicatory hearings in cases of juvenile delinquency as provided in section 232.37. Reasonable notice shall be provided to the persons required to be provided notice under section 232.37 and to the child’s known grandparents, except that notice shall be waived regarding a person who was notified of the adjudicatory hearing and who failed to appear. In addition, reasonable notice for any hearing under this division shall be provided to the agency, facility, institution, or person, including a foster parent, relative, or other individual providing preadoptive care, with whom a child has been placed.
EXPLANATION
   This bill includes a child’s known grandparents among the persons who are required to be provided notice of child in need of assistance proceedings under Code section 232.88. Under current law, by reference to Code section 232.37, the list of such persons is as follows:  the person who has custody or control of the child, the child’s known parents, guardians, or legal custodians if different from the person who has custody or control, the child, and the child’s guardian ad litem, if any.
   The bill also entitles a child’s known grandparents to be heard in other related review or hearing involving the child pursuant to Code section 232.91.