House Study Bill 176 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HOLT) A BILL FOR An Act relating to maximum allowable expenses for the ordinary 1 and necessary living expenses of a mother relative to 2 termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings, and 3 including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2347YC (2) 88 pf/rh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 600.9, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (5), Code 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 (5) Ordinary and necessary living expenses of the mother 3 including but not limited to the costs of housing, food, 4 utilities, and transportation for medical purposes related 5 to the pregnancy and birth of the child, in an amount not 6 to exceed two thousand dollars and for no longer than thirty 7 days after the birth of the minor person. The maximum amount 8 specified for ordinary and necessary living expenses of the 9 mother in this subparagraph may be waived by the juvenile court 10 or court for good cause shown. 11 Sec. 2. Section 600A.6C, subsection 2, paragraph a, 12 subparagraph (5), Code 2019, is amended to read as follows: 13 (5) Ordinary and necessary living expenses of the mother 14 including but not limited to the costs of housing, food, 15 utilities, and transportation for medical purposes related 16 to the pregnancy and birth of the child, in an amount not 17 to exceed two thousand dollars and for no longer than thirty 18 days after the birth of the minor person. The maximum amount 19 specified for ordinary and necessary living expenses of the 20 mother in this subparagraph may be waived by the juvenile court 21 or court for good cause shown. 22 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 23 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill provides that the maximum amount of $2,000, of 28 allowable expenses for ordinary and necessary living expenses 29 of a mother for no longer than 30 days after the birth of a 30 minor person in a termination of parental rights or adoption 31 proceeding, may be waived by the juvenile court or court for 32 good cause shown. The bill takes effect upon enactment. 33 -1- LSB 2347YC (2) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1