600A.2A Rights and duties of custodian.
1. The rights and duties of a custodian with respect to a child shall be as follows:
a. To maintain or transfer to another the physical possession of that child.
b. To protect, train, and discipline that child.
c. To provide food, clothing, housing, and ordinary medical care for that child.
d. To consent to emergency medical care, including surgery.
e. To sign a release of medical information to a health professional.
2. All rights and duties of a custodian shall be subject to any residual rights and duties remaining in a parent or guardian.
2008 Acts, ch 1031, §64
Referred to in §600A.2
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 600A - TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
Section 600A.1 - Construction.
Section 600A.2A - Rights and duties of custodian.
Section 600A.2B - Rights and duties of guardian.
Section 600A.4 - Relationship unaltered — release of custody — voluntariness of release.
Section 600A.5 - Petition for termination — venue — safety or security concerns.
Section 600A.6 - Notice of termination hearing.
Section 600A.6A - Right to and appointment of counsel.
Section 600A.6B - Payment of attorney fees.
Section 600A.6C - Report of expenditures — penalty.
Section 600A.7 - Termination hearing — forum non conveniens.
Section 600A.8 - Grounds for termination.
Section 600A.9 - Termination findings and order — vacation of order.
Section 600A.10 - Termination procedures — prohibited practices — penalty for violation.