600.18 Determination of assistance.
1. Any prospective adoptive parent desiring financial assistance shall state this fact in the petition for adoption. The department of human services shall investigate the person petitioning for adoption and the child and shall file with the juvenile court or court a statement of whether the department will provide assistance as provided in section 600.17, this section, and sections 600.19 through 600.22, the estimated amount, extent, and duration of assistance, and any other information the juvenile court or court may order.
2. If the department of human services is unable to determine that an insurance policy will cover the costs of special services, it shall proceed as if no policy existed, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive assistance. The department shall, to the amount of financial assistance given, be subrogated to the rights of the adoptive parent in the insurance contract.
[C73, 75, §600.12; C77, 79, 81, §600.18]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §22; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §351
Referred to in §600.5, 600.22, 627.19
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.