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Section 232.78 Temporary custody of a child pursuant to ex parte court order.
2018 Code of Iowa
The juvenile court may enter an ex parte order directing a peace officer or a juvenile court officer to take custody of a child before or after the filing of a petition under this chapter provided all of the following apply: The person responsible f...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.95 Hearing concerning temporary removal.
2018 Code of Iowa
At any time after the petition is filed, any person who may file a petition under section 232.87 may apply for, or the court on its own motion may order, a hearing to determine whether the child should be temporarily removed from home. If the child ...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.96 Adjudicatory hearing.
2018 Code of Iowa
The court shall hear and adjudicate cases involving a petition alleging a child to be a child in need of assistance. The state shall have the burden of proving the allegations by clear and convincing evidence. Only evidence which is admissible under t...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.109 Jurisdiction.
2018 Code of Iowa
The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings under this chapter to terminate a parent-child relationship and all parental rights with respect to a child. No such termination shall be ordered except under the provisions of t...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.100 Suspended judgment.
2018 Code of Iowa
After the dispositional hearing the court may enter an order suspending judgment and continuing the proceedings subject to terms and conditions imposed to assure the proper care and protection of the child. Such terms and conditions may include the su...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.79A Children without adult supervision.
2018 Code of Iowa
If a peace officer determines that a child does not have adult supervision because the child’s parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of the child has been arrested and detained or has been unexpectedly incapacitated, and that no a...
Tagged topics: parental rights, parents
Section 232.6 Jurisdiction — adoptions and terminations of parental rights.
2018 Code of Iowa
The court may exercise jurisdiction over adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings under chapters 600 and 600A .
Tagged topics: adoptions, parental rights
Section 712.9 Violations of individual rights — penalties.
2018 Code of Iowa
A violation of sections 712.3 through 712.8, which is also a hate crime as defined in section 729A.2, shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense.
Section 598.41A Visitation history of crimes against a minor.
2018 Code of Iowa
Notwithstanding section 598.41, the court shall consider, in the award of visitation rights to a parent of a child, the criminal history of the parent if the parent has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor as defined in section 692A.101 ...
Tagged topics: child custody, visitation rights
Section 2.17 Freedom of speech.
2018 Code of Iowa
A member of the general assembly shall not be held for slander or libel in any court for words used in any speech or debate in either house or at any session of a standing committee.