Senate File 2062 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2062 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3031) A BILL FOR An Act including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully 1 established in the definition of parent for the purposes of 2 juvenile justice proceedings. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5319SV (1) 86 pf/rj

S.F. 2062 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 39, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 39. “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or 3 father of a child but ; or a father whose paternity has been 4 established by operation of law due to the individual’s 5 marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or 6 at any time during the period between conception and birth of 7 the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or 8 by administrative order when authorized by state law. “Parent” 9 does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have 10 been terminated. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill amends the definition of “parent” relative to the 15 rights, duties, and privileges parents have in the parent-child 16 relationship under the juvenile justice chapter of the Code 17 (chapter 232) to provide that in addition to a biological or 18 adoptive mother or father of a child, the definition includes 19 a father whose paternity has been established by operation 20 of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the 21 time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period 22 between conception and birth of the child; by order of a court 23 of competent jurisdiction; or by administrative order when 24 authorized by state law. The definition retains the current 25 provision that “parent” does not include a mother or father 26 whose parental rights have been terminated. 27 -1- LSB 5319SV (1) 86 pf/rj 1/ 1