H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 600.5, Code 2015, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 13. If a guardian ad litem for the minor 3 person to be adopted has not already been appointed and is not 4 identified under subsection 4, any request and reasons for such 5 an appointment. 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 600.10A Appointment of guardian ad 7 litem. 8 If a guardian ad litem has not been appointed and is not 9 identified in the adoption petition, but a request for such 10 appointment was included in the adoption petition pursuant to 11 section 600.5, prior to ordering a hearing on the adoption 12 petition, the court shall make a determination of the need for 13 a guardian ad litem for the minor person to be adopted and 14 shall, in writing, either appoint or waive the appointment of a 15 guardian ad litem for purposes of the adoption proceeding in 16 the order setting the adoption hearing. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill relates to the appointment of a guardian ad 21 litem for a minor person in an adoption proceeding. The bill 22 requires that the adoption petition include that if a guardian 23 ad litem for the minor person to be adopted has not already 24 been appointed and is not identified in the adoption petition, 25 the adoption petition shall include any request and reasons for 26 such appointment. The bill also provides that if a guardian 27 ad litem has not been appointed and is not identified in the 28 adoption petition, but a request for such appointment was 29 included in the adoption petition, prior to ordering a hearing 30 on the adoption petition, the court shall make a determination 31 of the need for a guardian ad litem for the minor person to 32 be adopted and shall, in writing, either appoint or waive the 33 appointment of a guardian ad litem for purposes of the adoption 34 proceeding in the order setting the adoption hearing. 35 -1- LSB 2530YC (2) 86 pf/nh 1/ 1