Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE

Section 232.6 - Jurisdiction — adoptions and terminations of parental rights. - 232.6 Jurisdiction — adoptions and terminations of parental rights. The...

Section 232.7 - Iowa Indian child welfare Act. - 232.7 Iowa Indian child welfare Act. 1. If a proceeding...

Section 232.7A - Rules of juvenile procedure. - 232.7A Rules of juvenile procedure. Proceedings under this chapter are...

Section 232.7B - Applicability of this chapter prior to July 1, 1979. - 232.7B Applicability of this chapter prior to July 1, 1979....

Section 232.8 - Jurisdiction. - 232.8 Jurisdiction. 1. a. The juvenile court has exclusive original...

Section 232.9 - Motion for change of judge. - 232.9 Motion for change of judge. Prior to a hearing...

Section 232.10 - Venue. - 232.10 Venue. 1. Venue for delinquency proceedings shall be in...

Section 232.11 - Right to assistance of counsel. - 232.11 Right to assistance of counsel. 1. A child shall...

Section 232.12 - Duties of county attorney. - 232.12 Duties of county attorney. Upon the filing of a...

Section 232.13 - State liability. - 232.13 State liability. 1. For purposes of chapter 669, the...

Section 232.19 - Taking a child into custody. - 232.19 Taking a child into custody. 1. A child may...

Section 232.20 - Admission of child to shelter care or detention. - 232.20 Admission of child to shelter care or detention. 1....

Section 232.21 - Placement in shelter care. - 232.21 Placement in shelter care. 1. No child shall be...

Section 232.22 - Placement in detention. - 232.22 Placement in detention. 1. A child shall not be...

Section 232.23 - Detention — youthful offenders. - 232.23 Detention — youthful offenders. 1. After waiver of a...

Section 232.28 - Intake. - 232.28 Intake. 1. Any person having knowledge of the facts...

Section 232.28A - Victim rights. - 232.28A Victim rights. Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1090, §81,...

Section 232.29 - Informal adjustment. - 232.29 Informal adjustment. 1. The informal adjustment of a complaint...

Section 232.35 - Filing of petition. - 232.35 Filing of petition. 1. A formal judicial proceeding to...

Section 232.36 - Contents of petition. - 232.36 Contents of petition. 1. The petition and subsequent court...

Section 232.37 - Summons, notice, subpoenas, and service — order for removal. - 232.37 Summons, notice, subpoenas, and service — order for removal....

Section 232.38 - Presence of parents at hearings. - 232.38 Presence of parents at hearings. 1. Any hearings or...

Section 232.39 - Exclusion of public from hearings. - 232.39 Exclusion of public from hearings. At any time during...

Section 232.40 - Other issues adjudicated. - 232.40 Other issues adjudicated. When it appears during the course...

Section 232.41 - Reporter required. - 232.41 Reporter required. Stenographic notes or mechanical or electronic recordings...

Section 232.42 - Continuances. - 232.42 Continuances. 1. Continuances in juvenile delinquency proceedings may be...

Section 232.43 - Answer — plea agreement — acceptance of plea admitting allegations of petition. - 232.43 Answer — plea agreement — acceptance of plea admitting...

Section 232.44 - Detention or shelter care hearing — release from detention upon change of circumstance. - 232.44 Detention or shelter care hearing — release from detention...

Section 232.45 - Waiver hearing and waiver of jurisdiction. - 232.45 Waiver hearing and waiver of jurisdiction. 1. After the...

Section 232.45A - Waiver to and conviction by district court — processing. - 232.45A Waiver to and conviction by district court — processing....

Section 232.46 - Consent decree. - 232.46 Consent decree. 1. a. At any time after the...

Section 232.47 - Adjudicatory hearing — findings — adjudication. - 232.47 Adjudicatory hearing — findings — adjudication. 1. If a...

Section 232.48 - Predisposition investigation and report. - 232.48 Predisposition investigation and report. 1. The court shall not...

Section 232.49 - Physical and mental examinations. - 232.49 Physical and mental examinations. 1. Following the entry of...

Section 232.50 - Dispositional hearing. - 232.50 Dispositional hearing. 1. As soon as practicable following the...

Section 232.51 - Disposition of child with mental illness. - 232.51 Disposition of child with mental illness. 1. If the...

Section 232.52 - Disposition of child found to have committed a delinquent act. - 232.52 Disposition of child found to have committed a delinquent...

Section 232.52A - Disposition of certain juvenile offenders. - 232.52A Disposition of certain juvenile offenders. 1. In addition to...

Section 232.53 - Duration of dispositional orders. - 232.53 Duration of dispositional orders. 1. Any dispositional order entered...

Section 232.54 - Termination, modification, or vacation and substitution of dispositional order. - 232.54 Termination, modification, or vacation and substitution of dispositional order....

Section 232.55 - Effect of adjudication and disposition. - 232.55 Effect of adjudication and disposition. 1. An adjudication or...

Section 232.56 - Youthful offenders — transfer to district court supervision. - 232.56 Youthful offenders — transfer to district court supervision. The...

Section 232.57 - Reasonable efforts defined — effect of aggravated circumstances. - 232.57 Reasonable efforts defined — effect of aggravated circumstances. 1....

Section 232.58 - Permanency hearings. - 232.58 Permanency hearings. 1. If an order entered pursuant to...

Section 232.61 - Jurisdiction. - 232.61 Jurisdiction. 1. The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction...

Section 232.62 - Venue. - 232.62 Venue. 1. Venue for child in need of assistance...

Section 232.67 - Legislative findings — purpose and policy. - 232.67 Legislative findings — purpose and policy. Children in this...

Section 232.68 - Definitions. - 232.68 Definitions. The definitions in section 235A.13 are applicable to...

Section 232.69 - Mandatory and permissive reporters — training required. - 232.69 Mandatory and permissive reporters — training required. 1. The...

Section 232.70 - Reporting procedure. - 232.70 Reporting procedure. 1. Each report made by a mandatory...

Section 232.71 - 232.71 Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 35, §24, 25.

Section 232.71A - 232.71A Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 35, §24, 25.

Section 232.71B - Duties of the department upon receipt of report. - 232.71B Duties of the department upon receipt of report. 1....

Section 232.71C - Court action following assessment — guardian ad litem. - 232.71C Court action following assessment — guardian ad litem. 1....

Section 232.71D - Founded child abuse — central registry. - 232.71D Founded child abuse — central registry. 1. The requirements...

Section 232.72 - Jurisdiction — transfer. - 232.72 Jurisdiction — transfer. 1. For the purposes of this...

Section 232.73 - Medically relevant tests — immunity from liability. - 232.73 Medically relevant tests — immunity from liability. 1. A...

Section 232.73A - Retaliation prohibited — remedy. - 232.73A Retaliation prohibited — remedy. 1. a. An employer shall...

Section 232.74 - Evidence not privileged or excluded. - 232.74 Evidence not privileged or excluded. Sections 622.9 and 622.10...

Section 232.75 - Sanctions. - 232.75 Sanctions. 1. Any person, official, agency, or institution required...

Section 232.76 - Publicity, educational, and training programs. - 232.76 Publicity, educational, and training programs. 1. The department, within...

Section 232.77 - Photographs, X rays, and medically relevant tests. - 232.77 Photographs, X rays, and medically relevant tests. 1. A...

Section 232.78 - Temporary custody of a child pursuant to ex parte court order. - 232.78 Temporary custody of a child pursuant to ex parte...

Section 232.79 - Custody without court order. - 232.79 Custody without court order. 1. A peace officer or...

Section 232.79A - Children without adult supervision. - 232.79A Children without adult supervision. If a peace officer determines...

Section 232.80 - Homemaker services. - 232.80 Homemaker services. Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §19.

Section 232.81 - Complaint. - 232.81 Complaint. 1. Any person having knowledge of the circumstances...

Section 232.82 - Removal of sexual offenders and physical abusers from the residence pursuant to court order. - 232.82 Removal of sexual offenders and physical abusers from the...

Section 232.83 - Child sexual abuse involving a person not responsible for the care of the child. - 232.83 Child sexual abuse involving a person not responsible for...

Section 232.84 - Transfer of custody — notice to adult relatives. - 232.84 Transfer of custody — notice to adult relatives. 1....

Section 232.87 - Filing of a petition — contents of petition. - 232.87 Filing of a petition — contents of petition. 1....

Section 232.88 - Summons, notice, subpoenas, and service. - 232.88 Summons, notice, subpoenas, and service. After a petition has...

Section 232.89 - Right to and appointment of counsel. - 232.89 Right to and appointment of counsel. 1. Upon the...

Section 232.90 - Duties of county attorney. - 232.90 Duties of county attorney. 1. As used in this...

Section 232.91 - Presence of child, parents, guardian ad litem, and others at hearings — additional parties — department recordkeeping. - 232.91 Presence of child, parents, guardian ad litem, and others...

Section 232.92 - Exclusion of public from hearings. - 232.92 Exclusion of public from hearings. Hearings held under this...

Section 232.93 - Other issues adjudicated. - 232.93 Other issues adjudicated. When it appears during the course...

Section 232.94 - Reporter required. - 232.94 Reporter required. Stenographic notes or electronic or mechanical recordings...

Section 232.94A - Records — subsequent hearings. - 232.94A Records — subsequent hearings. Juvenile court records, social records,...

Section 232.95 - Hearing concerning temporary removal. - 232.95 Hearing concerning temporary removal. 1. At any time after...

Section 232.96 - Adjudicatory hearing. - 232.96 Adjudicatory hearing. 1. The court shall hear and adjudicate...

Section 232.97 - Social investigation and report. - 232.97 Social investigation and report. 1. The court shall not...

Section 232.98 - Physical and mental examinations. - 232.98 Physical and mental examinations. 1. Except as provided in...

Section 232.99 - Dispositional hearing — findings. - 232.99 Dispositional hearing — findings. 1. Following the entry of...

Section 232.100 - Suspended judgment. - 232.100 Suspended judgment. After the dispositional hearing the court may...

Section 232.101 - Retention of custody by parent. - 232.101 Retention of custody by parent. 1. After the dispositional...

Section 232.101A - Appointment of guardian. - 232.101A Appointment of guardian. 1. After a dispositional hearing the...

Section 232.102 - Transfer of legal custody of child and placement. - 232.102 Transfer of legal custody of child and placement. 1....

Section 232.103 - Termination, modification, vacation, and substitution of dispositional order. - 232.103 Termination, modification, vacation, and substitution of dispositional order. 1....

Section 232.103A - Transfer of jurisdiction related to child in need of assistance case — bridge order. - 232.103A Transfer of jurisdiction related to child in need of...

Section 232.104 - Permanency hearing — permanency order — subsequent proceedings. - 232.104 Permanency hearing — permanency order — subsequent proceedings. 1....

Section 232.106 - Terms and conditions on child’s parent. - 232.106 Terms and conditions on child’s parent. If the court...

Section 232.107 - Parent visitation. - 232.107 Parent visitation. If a child is removed from the...

Section 232.108 - Visitation or ongoing interaction with siblings. - 232.108 Visitation or ongoing interaction with siblings. 1. If the...

Section 232.109 - Jurisdiction. - 232.109 Jurisdiction. The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over...

Section 232.110 - Venue. - 232.110 Venue. 1. Venue for termination proceedings under this chapter...

Section 232.111 - Petition. - 232.111 Petition. 1. A child’s guardian, guardian ad litem, or...

Section 232.112 - Notice — service. - 232.112 Notice — service. 1. Persons listed in section 232.111,...

Section 232.113 - Right to and appointment of counsel. - 232.113 Right to and appointment of counsel. 1. Upon the...

Section 232.114 - Duties of county attorney. - 232.114 Duties of county attorney. 1. As used in this...

Section 232.115 - Reporter required. - 232.115 Reporter required. Stenographic notes or electronic or mechanical recordings...

Section 232.116 - Grounds for termination. - 232.116 Grounds for termination. 1. Except as provided in subsection...

Section 232.117 - Termination — findings — disposition. - 232.117 Termination — findings — disposition. 1. After the hearing...

Section 232.118 - Removal of guardian. - 232.118 Removal of guardian. 1. Upon application of an interested...

Section 232.119 - Adoption exchange established. - 232.119 Adoption exchange established. 1. The purpose of this section...

Section 232.120 - Preadoptive care — continued placement. - 232.120 Preadoptive care — continued placement. If a foster parent...

Section 232.122 - Jurisdiction. - 232.122 Jurisdiction. The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over...

Section 232.123 - Venue. - 232.123 Venue. Venue for family in need of assistance proceedings...

Section 232.125 - Petition. - 232.125 Petition. 1. A family in need of assistance proceeding...

Section 232.126 - Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem. - 232.126 Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem. 1. The...

Section 232.127 - Hearing — adjudication — disposition. - 232.127 Hearing — adjudication — disposition. 1. Upon the filing...

Section 232.128 - Reserved. - 232.128 Reserved. Reserved.

Section 232.129 - Reserved. - 232.129 Reserved. Reserved.

Section 232.130 - Reserved. - 232.130 Reserved. Reserved.

Section 232.131 - Reserved. - 232.131 Reserved. Reserved.

Section 232.132 - Reserved. - 232.132 Reserved. Reserved.

Section 232.133 - Appeal. - 232.133 Appeal. 1. An interested party aggrieved by an order...

Section 232.141 - Expenses. - 232.141 Expenses. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, the...

Section 232.142 - Maintenance and cost of juvenile homes — fund. - 232.142 Maintenance and cost of juvenile homes — fund. 1....

Section 232.143 - Service area group foster care budget targets. - 232.143 Service area group foster care budget targets. 1. a....

Section 232.147 - Confidentiality of juvenile court records. - 232.147 Confidentiality of juvenile court records. 1. Juvenile court social...

Section 232.148 - Fingerprints — photographs. - 232.148 Fingerprints — photographs. 1. Except as provided in this...

Section 232.149 - Records of criminal or juvenile justice agencies, intake officers, and juvenile court officers. - 232.149 Records of criminal or juvenile justice agencies, intake officers,...

Section 232.149A - Confidentiality orders. - 232.149A Confidentiality orders. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the...

Section 232.149B - Public records orders. - 232.149B Public records orders. 1. A rebuttable presumption exists that...

Section 232.150 - Sealing of records. - 232.150 Sealing of records. 1. a. In the case of...

Section 232.151 - Criminal penalties. - 232.151 Criminal penalties. 1. Any person who knowingly discloses, receives,...

Section 232.152 - Rules of juvenile procedure. - 232.152 Rules of juvenile procedure. Transferred to §232.7A; 2021 Acts,...

Section 232.153 - Applicability of this chapter prior to July 1, 1979. - 232.153 Applicability of this chapter prior to July 1, 1979....

Section 232.158 - Interstate compact on placement of children. - 232.158 Interstate compact on placement of children. The interstate compact...

Section 232.158A - Legal risk placement. - 232.158A Legal risk placement. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the...

Section 232.159 - Financial responsibility. - 232.159 Financial responsibility. Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant...

Section 232.160 - Department of human services as public authority. - 232.160 Department of human services as public authority. The “appropriate...

Section 232.161 - Department as authority in receiving state. - 232.161 Department as authority in receiving state. As used in...

Section 232.162 - Authority to enter agreements. - 232.162 Authority to enter agreements. The officers and agencies of...

Section 232.163 - Visitation, inspection, or supervision. - 232.163 Visitation, inspection, or supervision. 1. Any requirements for visitation,...

Section 232.164 - Court authority to place child in another state. - 232.164 Court authority to place child in another state. Any...

Section 232.165 - Executive head. - 232.165 Executive head. As used in article VII of the...

Section 232.166 - Statutes not affected. - 232.166 Statutes not affected. Nothing contained in sections 232.158 through...

Section 232.167 - Penalty. - 232.167 Penalty. A person or agency which violates or aids...

Section 232.168 - Attorney general to enforce. - 232.168 Attorney general to enforce. The attorney general may, on...

Section 232.171 - Interstate compact on juveniles. - 232.171 Interstate compact on juveniles. The state of Iowa through...

Section 232.172 - Confinement of delinquent juvenile. - 232.172 Confinement of delinquent juvenile. 1. For a juvenile under...

Section 232.173 - Interstate compact for juveniles. - 232.173 Interstate compact for juveniles. 1. Article I — Purpose....

Section 232.175 - Placement oversight. - 232.175 Placement oversight. Placement oversight shall be provided pursuant to...

Section 232.176 - Jurisdiction. - 232.176 Jurisdiction. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over voluntary...

Section 232.177 - Venue. - 232.177 Venue. Venue for voluntary placement proceedings shall be determined...

Section 232.178 - Petition. - 232.178 Petition. 1. For a placement initiated on or after...

Section 232.179 - Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem. - 232.179 Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem. Upon the...

Section 232.180 - Duties of county attorney. - 232.180 Duties of county attorney. Upon the filing of a...

Section 232.181 - Social history report. - 232.181 Social history report. Upon the filing of a petition,...

Section 232.182 - Initial determination. - 232.182 Initial determination. 1. Upon the filing of a petition,...

Section 232.183 - Dispositional hearing. - 232.183 Dispositional hearing. 1. Following an entry of an initial...

Section 232.187 - Regional out-of-state placement committees. - 232.187 Regional out-of-state placement committees. Repealed by 93 Acts, ch...

Section 232.188 - Decategorization of child welfare and juvenile justice funding initiative. - 232.188 Decategorization of child welfare and juvenile justice funding initiative....

Section 232.189 - Reasonable efforts administrative requirements. - 232.189 Reasonable efforts administrative requirements. Based upon a model reasonable...

Section 232.190 - Community grant fund. - 232.190 Community grant fund. Repealed by its own terms; 2000...

Section 232.191 - Early intervention and follow-up programs. - 232.191 Early intervention and follow-up programs. Contingent on a specific...

Section 232.195 - Runaway treatment plan. - 232.195 Runaway treatment plan. A county may develop a runaway...

Section 232.196 - Runaway assessment center. - 232.196 Runaway assessment center. 1. As part of a county...

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Iowa Code Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES Chapter 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE

Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE