232D.102 Definitions.
1. “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older or a person declared to be emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction.
2. “Conservator” means a person appointed by a court to have custody and control of the property of a minor.
3. “Court” means the juvenile court established under section 602.7101.
4. “Demonstrated lack of consistent parental participation” means the refusal of a parent to comply with duties and responsibilities imposed upon a parent by the parent-child relationship, including but not limited to providing the minor with necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, and other care and supervision necessary for the minor’s physical, mental, and emotional health and development.
5. “Guardian” means a person appointed by the court to have custody of a minor.
6. “Legal custodian” means a person awarded legal custody of a minor.
7. “Legal custody” means an award of the rights of legal custody of a minor under which a parent has legal custodial rights and responsibilities toward the minor child including but not limited to decision making affecting the minor’s legal status, medical care, education, extracurricular activities, and religious instruction.
8. “Limited guardianship” means a guardianship that grants the guardian less than all powers available under this chapter or otherwise restricts the powers of the guardian.
9. “Minor” means an unmarried and unemancipated person under the age of eighteen years.
10. “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child, a person whose parental status has been established by operation of law due to the person’s marriage to the mother at the time of the conception or birth of the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by an administrative order when authorized by state law. “Parent” does not include a person whose parental rights have been terminated.
2019 Acts, ch 56, §2, 44, 45
Section takes effect January 1, 2020, and applies to guardianships and guardianship proceedings of minors established or pending before, on, or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 56, §44, 45
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 232D - MINOR GUARDIANSHIPS
Section 232D.101 - Short title.
Section 232D.102 - Definitions.
Section 232D.103 - Jurisdiction.
Section 232D.105 - Proceedings governed by other law.
Section 232D.106 - Applicability of rules of civil procedure.
Section 232D.201 - Termination of parental rights and child in need of assistance cases.
Section 232D.202 - Death of parents.
Section 232D.203 - Guardianship with parental consent.
Section 232D.204 - Guardianship without parental consent.
Section 232D.303 - Attorney for minor.
Section 232D.304 - Attorney for parent.
Section 232D.305 - Court visitor.
Section 232D.306 - Hearing on petition.
Section 232D.307 - Background checks of proposed guardians.
Section 232D.308 - Selection of guardian — qualifications and preferences.
Section 232D.309 - Emergency appointment of temporary guardian.
Section 232D.310 - Appointment of a guardian for a minor on a standby basis.
Section 232D.311 - Appointment of guardian for minor approaching majority on a standby basis.
Section 232D.401 - Order appointing guardian and powers of guardian.
Section 232D.402 - Duties and responsibilities of guardian.
Section 232D.501 - Reports of guardian.
Section 232D.502 - Removal of guardian — appointment of successor guardian.
Section 232D.503 - Termination and modification of guardianships.