Senate File 384 - Introduced SENATE FILE 384 BY BOETTGER A BILL FOR An Act relating to service of notice of a proposed involuntary 1 guardianship upon parents of an adult ward. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1523XS (1) 84 rh/nh

S.F. 384 Section 1. Section 633.554, subsection 2, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) The parents of the proposed ward, if the proposed ward 3 is a minor whether the proposed ward is a minor or an adult . 4 EXPLANATION 5 This bill provides that the parents of a proposed ward, 6 whether minor or adult, shall be served notice of the filing of 7 a petition for appointment of a guardian on the proposed ward’s 8 behalf in an involuntary guardianship proceeding. Current 9 law provides that the parents of a proposed ward receive such 10 notice only if the proposed ward is a minor. 11 -1- LSB 1523XS (1) 84 rh/nh 1/ 1