SF 2283 (LSB 5537SV (1) 87)

SENATE FILE 2283

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2050)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the charging of fees relating to copies of adoption decrees and certifications of adoption delivered by the clerk of court to specified entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 600.13, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  An interlocutory or a final adoption decree shall be entered with the clerk of court. Such decree shall set forth any facts of the adoption petition which have been proven to the satisfaction of the juvenile court or court and any other facts considered to be relevant by the juvenile court or court and shall grant the adoption petition. If so designated in the adoption decree, the name of the adopted person shall be changed by issuance of that decree. The clerk of the court shall, within thirty days of issuance, deliver one certified copy of any adoption decree to the petitioner at no charge, one copy of any adoption decree to the department and any adoption service provider who placed a minor person for adoption at no charge, and one certification of adoption as prescribed in section 144.19 to the state registrar of vital statistics at no charge. Upon receipt of the certification, the state registrar shall prepare a new birth certificate pursuant to section 144.23 and deliver to the parents named in the decree and any adult person adopted by the decree a copy of the new birth certificate. The parents shall pay the fee prescribed in section 144.46. If the person adopted was born outside this state but in the United States, the state registrar shall forward the certification of adoption to the appropriate agency in the state of birth. A copy of any interlocutory adoption decree vacation shall be delivered and another birth certificate shall be prepared in the same manner as a certification of adoption is delivered and the birth certificate was originally prepared.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the clerk of court to deliver, within 30 days of issuance of an adoption decree, one certified copy of any adoption decree to the petitioner at no charge, one copy of any adoption decree to the department of public health and any adoption service provider who placed a minor person for adoption at no charge, and one certification of adoption as prescribed in Code section 144.19 to the state registrar of vital statistics. Code section 144.19 provides that a fee, established by the department of public health based on average administrative cost, shall be collected for the preparation of a certificate of adoption.