600.12 Adoption hearing.
1. An adoption hearing shall be conducted informally as a hearing in equity. The hearing shall be reported or electronically recorded.
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; 2021 Acts, ch 66, §1
Referred to in §600.7, 600.8, 600.11, 600.14A
Subsection 1 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Section 600.3 - Commencement of adoption action — jurisdiction — forum non conveniens.
Section 600.4 - Qualifications to file adoption petition.
Section 600.5 - Contents of an adoption petition.
Section 600.6 - Attachments to an adoption petition.
Section 600.6A - Court determination regarding appointment of guardian ad litem.
Section 600.7 - Consents to the adoption.
Section 600.7B - Postadoption information.
Section 600.8 - Placement investigations and reports.
Section 600.9 - Report of expenditures — penalty.
Section 600.9A - Prohibited practices — penalties.
Section 600.10 - Minimum residence of a minor child.
Section 600.11 - Notice of adoption hearing.
Section 600.12 - Adoption hearing.
Section 600.12A - Death of person to be adopted — process for final adoption decree.
Section 600.13 - Adoption decrees.
Section 600.14 - Appeal — rules.
Section 600.14A - Standby adoption.
Section 600.15 - Foreign and international adoptions.
Section 600.16 - Adoption record — penalty for violations.
Section 600.16A - Termination and adoption records closed — exceptions — penalty.
Section 600.17 - Financial assistance.
Section 600.18 - Determination of assistance.
Section 600.19 - Amount of assistance.
Section 600.20 - Availability of assistance.
Section 600.21 - Termination of assistance.
Section 600.23 - Adoption assistance compact.