Senate File 2302 - 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: 4 SF 2302 (3) 83 jp/nh/jh
S.F. 2302 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. 23 -1- SF 2302 (3) 83 jp/nh/jh 1/ 1