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IA Code § 599.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 599 - MINORS|Section 599.5 - Veterans minority disabilities.

599.5 Veterans minority disabilities.   The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944,* as amended and of the minor spouse of any eligible veteran, irrespective of age, in connection with any transaction entered into pursuant to said Act, as amended, is hereby removed for all purposes in connection with such transaction, including but not limited to incurring of indebtedness or obligations, and acquiring, encumbering, selling, releasing or conveying property or any interest therein, and litigating or settling controversies arising therefrom, if all or part of any obligations incident to such transaction be guaranteed or insured by the secretary of the United States department of veterans affairs pursuant to such Act; provided, nevertheless, that this section shall not be construed to impose any other or greater rights or liabilities than would exist if such person and such spouse were under no such disability.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §599.5]  2009 Acts, ch 26, §17  *58 Stat. 291; recodified, 72 Stat. 1105, 1273; now covered by 38 U.S.C. §3701 et seq.
IA Code § 599.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 599 - MINORS|Section 599.6 - Donation of blood by minors.

599.6 Donation of blood by minors.   1. A person who is seventeen years of age or older may consent to donate blood in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the permission of a parent or guardian. The consent is not subject to later disaffirmance because of minority.   2. A person who is sixteen years of age may donate blood in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood program if the person obtains written permission from the person’s parent or guardian.  83 Acts, ch 13, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1025, §1
IA Code § 600.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.1 - Construction.

600.1 Construction.   1. This chapter* shall be construed liberally. The best interest of the person to be adopted shall be the paramount consideration in interpreting this chapter. However, the interests of the adopting parents shall be given due consideration in this interpretation. However, in determining the best interest of the person to be adopted and the interests of the adopting parents, any evidence of interests relating to a period of time during which the person to be adopted is placed with prospective adoptive parents and during which the placement is not in compliance with the law, adoption procedures, or any action by the juvenile court or court, shall not be considered in the determination.   2. If a proceeding held under this chapter involves an Indian child as defined in section 232B.3 and the proceeding is subject to the Iowa Indian child welfare Act under chapter 232B, the proceeding and other actions taken in connection with the proceeding or this chapter shall comply with chapter 232B. In any proceeding held or action taken under this chapter involving an Indian child, the applicable requirements of the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-89, shall be applied to the proceeding or action in a manner that complies with chapter 232B and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95-608.  [C77, 79, 81, §600.1]  94 Acts, ch 1174, §6, 22; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 153, §16; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §125; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  *Enacted as sections 600.1 – 600.16, Code 1977
IA Code § 600.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.2 - Definitions.

600.2 Definitions.   1. “Child”, “parent”, “parent-child relationship”, “termination of parental rights”, “biological parent”, “stepparent”, “guardian”, “custodian”, “guardian ad litem”, “minor”, “adoption service provider”, “certified adoption investigator”, “adult”, “agency”, “department”, “court”, and “juvenile court” mean the same as defined in section 600A.2.   2. “Investigator” means a natural person who is certified or approved by the department of human services, after inspection by the department of inspections and appeals, as being capable of conducting an investigation under section 600.8.  [C77, 79, 81, §600.2]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §64; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §12; 2017 Acts, ch 113, §3
IA Code § 600.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.3 - Commencement of adoption action — jurisdiction — forum non conveniens.

600.3 Commencement of adoption action — jurisdiction — forum non conveniens.   1. An action for the adoption of any natural person shall be commenced by the filing of an adoption petition, as prescribed in section 600.5, in the juvenile court or court of the county in which an adult person to be adopted is domiciled or resides, or in the juvenile court or court of the county in which the guardian of a minor person to be adopted or the petitioner is domiciled or resides.   2. a. An adoption petition shall not be filed until a termination of parental rights has been accomplished except in the following cases:   (1) No termination of parental rights is required if the person to be adopted is an adult.   (2) If the stepparent of the child to be adopted is the adoption petitioner, the parent-child relationship between the child and the parent who is not the spouse of the petitioner may be terminated as part of the adoption proceeding by the filing of that parent’s consent to the adoption.   (3) A termination of parental rights order is not required prior to the filing of an adoption petition if the adoption is a standby adoption as defined in section 600.14A.   b. For the purposes of this subsection, a consent to adopt recognized by the juvenile courts or courts of another jurisdiction in the United States and obtained from a resident of that jurisdiction shall be accepted in this state in lieu of a termination of parental rights proceeding.   c. Any adoption proceeding pending on or completed prior to July 1, 1978, is hereby legalized and validated to the extent that it is consistent with this subsection.   3. If upon filing of the adoption petition or at any later time in the adoption action the juvenile court or court finds that in the interest of substantial justice the adoption action should be conducted in another juvenile court or court, it may transfer, stay, or dismiss the adoption action on any conditions that are just.   4. An adoption petition shall be limited to the adoption of one natural person.  [R60, §2600; C73, §2307; C97, §3250; C24, §10496; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b1; C39, §10501.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.1; C77, 79, 81, §600.3]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 57, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 71, §1  Referred to in §600.4, 600.5, 600.12A
IA Code § 600.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.4 - Qualifications to file adoption petition.

600.4 Qualifications to file adoption petition.   Any person who may adopt may file an adoption petition under section 600.3. The following persons may adopt:   1. An unmarried adult.   2. Husband and wife together.   3. A husband or wife separately if the person to be adopted is not the other spouse and if the adopting spouse:   a. Is the stepparent of the person to be adopted;   b. Has been separated from the other spouse by reason of the other spouse’s abandonment as prescribed in section 597.10; or   c. Is unable to petition with the other spouse because of the prolonged and unexplained absence, unavailability, or incapacity of the other spouse, or because of an unreasonable withholding of joinder by the other spouse, as determined by the juvenile court or court under section 600.5, subsection 7.  [R60, §2600; C73, §2307; C97, §3250; C24, §10496; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b1; C39, §10501.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.1; C77, 79, 81, §600.4]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §4  Referred to in §600.5, 600.14A
IA Code § 600.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.5 - Contents of an adoption petition.

600.5 Contents of an adoption petition.   An adoption petition shall be signed and verified by the petitioner, shall be filed with the juvenile court or court designated in section 600.3, and shall state:   1. The name, as it appears on the birth certificate or in a verified birth record or as it appears as a result of marriage, and the residence or domicile of the person to be adopted.   2. The date and place of birth of the person to be adopted.   3. Any new name requested to be given the person to be adopted.   4. The name, residence, and domicile of any guardian or custodian of the person to be adopted and the name, residence, and domicile of that person’s guardian ad litem if one is appointed for the adoption proceedings.   5. The name, residence, and domicile of the petitioner, if this is not required to be stated under subsection 4 of this section, and the date or expected date on which the person to be adopted, if a minor, began or will begin living with the petitioner.   6. The name, residence, and domicile of any parent of the person to be adopted.   7. A designation of the particular provision in section 600.4 under which the petitioner is qualified to adopt and, if under section 600.4, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, a request that the juvenile court or court approve the petitioner’s qualification to adopt.   8. Any name by which the petitioner is known or has been known.   9. The existence of any criminal conviction or deferred judgment for an offense other than a simple misdemeanor under a law of any state against the petitioner, and the existence of any founded child abuse report in which the petitioner is named.   10. A description and estimate of the value of any property owned by or held for the person to be adopted.   11. A description of the facilities and resources, including those provided under a subsidy agreement pursuant to sections 600.17 to 600.22, that the petitioner is willing and able to supply for the nurture and care of any minor person to be adopted.   12. When and where termination of parental rights pertaining to the person to be adopted has occurred, if termination was required under section 600.3.   13. Whether or not a guardian ad litem should be appointed for a minor child to be adopted, and if not, the reasons for that determination.  [R60, §2600; C73, §2307; C97, §3250; C24, §10496; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b1; C39, §10501.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.1; C77, 79, 81, §600.5]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §5, 6; 2006 Acts, ch 1029, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1069, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §158  Referred to in §600.3, 600.4, 600.8
IA Code § 600.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.6 - Attachments to an adoption petition.

600.6 Attachments to an adoption petition.   An adoption petition shall have attached to it the following:   1. A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record.   2. A copy of any order terminating parental rights with respect to the person to be adopted.   3. Any written consent and verified statement required under section 600.7, except the consent required under subsection 1, paragraph “d”, of that section.   4. Any preplacement investigation report that has been prepared at the time of filing pursuant to section 600.8.   5. In the case of a standby adoption as defined in section 600.14A, a form completed by the terminally ill parent consenting to termination of parental rights and adoption of the child by a person or persons specified in the consent form, effective at a future date when the terminally ill parent of the child has died or requests that a final adoption decree be issued.  [R60, §2601; C73, §2308; C97, §3251; C24, §10497; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b3; C39, §10501.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.3; C77, 79, 81, §600.6]  89 Acts, ch 140, §1; 99 Acts, ch 43, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 57, §3  Referred to in §600.14A
IA Code § 600.6A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.6A - Court determination regarding appointment of guardian ad litem.

600.6A Court determination regarding appointment of guardian ad litem.   Prior to ordering a hearing on the adoption petition, the court shall make a determination of the need for a guardian ad litem for a minor child to be adopted and shall, in writing, either appoint or waive the appointment of a guardian ad litem for purposes of the adoption proceeding in the order setting the adoption hearing.  2016 Acts, ch 1069, §2
IA Code § 600.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.7 - Consents to the adoption.

600.7 Consents to the adoption.   1. An adoption petition shall not be granted unless the following persons consent to the adoption or unless the juvenile court or court makes a determination under subsection 4:   a. Any guardian of the person to be adopted.   b. The spouse of a petitioner who is a stepparent.   c. The spouse of a petitioner who is separately petitioning to adopt an adult person.   d. The person to be adopted if that person is fourteen years of age or older.   2. A consent to the adoption shall be in writing, shall name the person to be adopted and the petitioner, shall be signed by the person consenting, and shall be made in the following manner:   a. If by any minor person to be adopted who is fourteen years of age or older, in the presence of the juvenile court or court in which the adoption petition is filed.   b. If by any other person, either in the presence of the juvenile court or court in which the adoption petition is filed or before a notary public as provided in chapter 9B.   3. A consent to the adoption may be withdrawn prior to the issuance of an adoption decree under section 600.13 by the filing of an affidavit of consent withdrawal with the juvenile court or court. Such affidavit shall be treated in the same manner as an attached verified statement is treated under subsection 4.   4. If any person required to consent under this section refuses to or cannot be located to give consent, the petitioner may attach to the petition a verified statement of such refusal or lack of location. The juvenile court or court shall then determine, at the adoption hearing prescribed in section 600.12, whether, in the best interests of the person to be adopted and the petitioner, any particular consent shall be unnecessary to the granting of an adoption petition.  [R60, §2600, 2601; C73, §2307, 2308; C97, §3250, 3251; C24, §10496, 10497; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b1, 10501-b3; C39, §10501.1, 10501.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.1, 600.3; C77, 79, 81, §600.7]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §7 – 9; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §53, 60  Referred to in §600.6, 600.11, 600.14A
IA Code § 600.7A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.7A - Adoption services provided by or through department of human services — selection of adoptive parent criteria.

600.7A Adoption services provided by or through department of human services — selection of adoptive parent criteria.   The department of human services shall adopt rules which provide that if adoption services are provided by or through the department, notwithstanding any other selection of adoptive parent criteria, the overriding criterion shall be a preference for placing a child in a stable home environment as expeditiously as possible.  96 Acts, ch 1174, §7  Referred to in §600.14A
IA Code § 600.7B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.7B - Postadoption information.

600.7B Postadoption information.   The department shall develop and furnish to the state registrar of vital statistics a document listing all postadoption services available to adoptive families in the state, to be delivered along with a copy of the new birth certificate to the parents named in the adoption decree pursuant to section 600.13.  2018 Acts, ch 1045, §1  Referred to in §600.14A
IA Code § 600.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.9A - Prohibited practices — penalties.

600.9A Prohibited practices — penalties.   1. All of the following are prohibited practices regarding a proceeding under this chapter:   a. The provision of termination of parental rights, child placement, or adoption services to any biological or adoptive parent by any person other than an adoption service provider or the department.   b. The charging of a fee by an adoption service provider that is more than the usual and necessary fee commensurate with the services rendered.   c. The facilitation, encouragement, or advisement of adoptive parents by an adoption service provider to provide any thing of value beyond those expenditures allowed pursuant to section 600.9.   d. The knowing encouragement or solicitation of payment of allowable expenses or provision of anything of value beyond those expenditures allowed pursuant to section 600.9, by a person falsely representing that a child may be available for adoption with the intent to defraud the other person.   2. A person who commits a prohibited practice under this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor for the first violation and a class “C” felony for any second or subsequent violation.  2017 Acts, ch 113, §8  Referred to in §600.14A  Similar provisions, see §600A.10, 714.8(21)
IA Code § 600.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.10 - Minimum residence of a minor child.

600.10 Minimum residence of a minor child.   The adoption of a minor person shall not be decreed until that person has lived with the adoption petitioner for a minimum residence period of one hundred eighty days. However, the juvenile court or court may waive this period if the adoption petitioner is a stepparent or related to the minor person within the fourth degree of consanguinity or may shorten this period upon good cause shown when the juvenile court or court is satisfied that the adoption petitioner and the person to be adopted are suited to each other.  [C27, 31, 35, §10501-b2; C39, §10501.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.2; C77, 79, 81, §600.10]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §13  Referred to in §600.8, 600.12A, 600.14A, 600.20
IA Code § 600.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.11 - Notice of adoption hearing.

600.11 Notice of adoption hearing.   1. The juvenile court or court shall set the time and place of the adoption hearing prescribed in section 600.12 upon application of the petitioner. The juvenile court or court may continue the adoption hearing if the notice prescribed in subsections 2 and 3 is given, except that such notice shall only be given at least ten days prior to the date which has been set for the continuation of the adoption hearing.   2. a. At least twenty days before the adoption hearing, a copy of the petition and its attachments and a notice of the adoption hearing shall be given by the adoption petitioner to:   (1) A guardian, guardian ad litem if appointed for the adoption proceedings, and custodian of, and a person in a parent-child relationship with the person to be adopted. This subparagraph does not require notice to be given to a person whose parental rights have been terminated with regard to the person to be adopted.   (2) The person to be adopted who is an adult.   (3) Any person who is designated to make an investigation and report under section 600.8.   (4) Any other person who is required to consent under section 600.7.   (5) A person who has been granted visitation rights with the child to be adopted pursuant to section 600C.1.   (6) A person who is ordered to pay support or a postsecondary education subsidy pursuant to section 598.21F, or chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other chapter of the Code, for a person eighteen years of age or older who is being adopted by a stepparent, and the support order or order requires payment of support or postsecondary education subsidy for any period of time after the child reaches eighteen years of age.   b. Nothing in this subsection shall require the petitioner to give notice to self or to petitioner’s spouse. A duplicate copy of the petition and its attachments shall be mailed to the department by the clerk of court at the time the petition is filed.   3. A notice of the adoption hearing shall state the time, place, and purpose of the hearing and shall be served in accordance with  rule of civil procedure 1.305  . Proof of the giving of notice shall be filed with the juvenile court or court prior to the adoption hearing. Acceptance of service by the party being given notice shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.  [C27, 31, 35, §10501-b4; C39, §10501.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.4; C77, 79, 81, §600.11]  94 Acts, ch 1174, §8, 22; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §14; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §20; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §54; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §207; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §133  Referred to in §600.12, 600.12A, 600.14A
IA Code § 600.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 600 - ADOPTION|Section 600.12 - Adoption hearing.

600.12 Adoption hearing.   1. An adoption hearing shall be conducted informally as a hearing in equity. The hearing shall be reported.   2. Only those persons notified under section 600.11 and their witnesses and legal counsel or persons requested by the juvenile court or court to be present shall be admitted to the court chambers while an adoption hearing is being conducted. The adoption petitioner and the person to be adopted shall be present at the hearing, unless the presence of either is excused by the juvenile court or court.   3. Any person admitted to the hearing shall be heard and allowed to present evidence upon request and according to the manner in which the juvenile court or court conducts the hearing.  [C27, 31, 35, §10501-b4; C39, §10501.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.4; C77, 79, 81, §600.12]  2000 Acts, ch 1145, §15  Referred to in §600.7, 600.8, 600.11, 600.14A