CHAPTER 1087FATHERS AND JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCEEDINGS — PATERNITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW INCLUDEDH.F. 2270AN ACT including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully established in the definition of parent for the purposes of juvenile justice proceedings.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 39, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 39. “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child but; or a father whose paternity has been established by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by administrative order when authorized by state law. “Parent” does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have been terminated.Approved April 13, 2016
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