Senate
File
2302
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
2302
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3143)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
25,
2010
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
grandparents’
rights
to
receive
notice
1
regarding
child
in
need
of
assistance
and
related
reviews
2
and
proceedings.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
232.88,
Code
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
232.88
Summons,
notice,
subpoenas,
and
service.
3
After
a
petition
has
been
filed,
the
court
shall
issue
and
4
serve
summons,
subpoenas,
and
other
process
in
the
same
manner
5
as
for
adjudicatory
hearings
in
cases
of
juvenile
delinquency
6
as
provided
in
section
232.37.
Reasonable
notice
shall
be
7
provided
to
the
persons
required
to
be
provided
notice
under
8
section
232.37
and
to
the
child’s
known
grandparents
,
except
9
that
notice
shall
be
waived
regarding
a
person
who
was
notified
10
of
the
adjudicatory
hearing
and
who
failed
to
appear.
The
11
notice
to
the
child's
known
grandparents
shall
inform
the
12
grandparents
of
the
opportunity
to
be
heard
in
hearings
and
13
reviews
pursuant
to
section
232.91,
that
the
grandparents
may
14
petition
the
court
for
appointment
as
the
child’s
guardian
15
or
custodian
or
for
visitation
with
the
child,
and
that
the
16
grandparents
do
not
have
a
right
to
counsel
in
connection
17
with
the
hearings
and
reviews
unless
appointed
as
guardian
or
18
custodian
as
provided
for
in
section
232.89.
In
addition,
19
reasonable
notice
for
any
hearing
under
this
division
shall
20
be
provided
to
the
agency,
facility,
institution,
or
person,
21
including
a
foster
parent,
relative,
or
other
individual
22
providing
preadoptive
care,
with
whom
a
child
has
been
placed.
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