HSB 530 (LSB 5319YC (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE)

A BILL FOR

An Act including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully established in the definition of parent for the purposes of juvenile justice proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.2, subsection 39, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   39.  “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child but; or a father whose paternity has been established by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by administrative order when authorized by state law. “Parent” does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have been terminated.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends the definition of “parent” relative to the rights, duties, and privileges parents have in the parent-child relationship under the juvenile justice chapter of the Code (chapter 232) to provide that in addition to a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child, the definition includes a father whose paternity has been established by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child; by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or by administrative order when authorized by state law. The definition retains the current provision that “parent” does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have been terminated.