600.24 Access to records. The department may allow access to adoption records held by the department or an agency if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The identity of the biological parents of the adopted person is concealed from the person gaining access to the records. 2. The person gaining access to the […]
600.25 Pending parental rights unaffected. A termination of parental rights proceeding or an adoption proceeding pending on January 1, 1977, or a release of parental rights or affidavit of consent or consent to adopt properly given prior to January 1, 1977 shall not be affected by the provisions of chapter 600A. [C79, 81, §600.25]
600.3 Commencement of adoption action — jurisdiction — forum non conveniens. 1. An action for the adoption of any natural person shall be commenced by the filing of an adoption petition, as prescribed in section 600.5, in the juvenile court or court of the county in which an adult person to be adopted is domiciled […]
600.4 Qualifications to file adoption petition. Any person who may adopt may file an adoption petition under section 600.3. The following persons may adopt: 1. An unmarried adult. 2. Husband and wife together. 3. A husband or wife separately if the person to be adopted is not the other spouse and if the adopting spouse: […]
600.5 Contents of an adoption petition. An adoption petition shall be signed and verified by the petitioner, shall be filed with the juvenile court or court designated in section 600.3, and shall state: 1. The name, as it appears on the birth certificate or in a verified birth record or as it appears as a […]
600.6 Attachments to an adoption petition. An adoption petition shall have attached to it the following: 1. A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record. 2. A copy of any order terminating parental rights with respect to […]
600.6A Court determination regarding appointment of guardian ad litem. Prior to ordering a hearing on the adoption petition, the court shall make a determination of the need for a guardian ad litem for a minor child to be adopted and shall, in writing, either appoint or waive the appointment of a guardian ad litem for […]
600.7 Consents to the adoption. 1. An adoption petition shall not be granted unless the following persons consent to the adoption or unless the juvenile court or court makes a determination under subsection 4: a. Any guardian of the person to be adopted. b. The spouse of a petitioner who is a stepparent. c. The […]
600.7A Adoption services provided by or through department of human services — selection of adoptive parent criteria. The department of human services shall adopt rules which provide that if adoption services are provided by or through the department, notwithstanding any other selection of adoptive parent criteria, the overriding criterion shall be a preference for placing […]
600.7B Postadoption information. The department shall develop and furnish to the state registrar of vital statistics a document listing all postadoption services available to adoptive families in the state, to be delivered along with a copy of the new birth certificate to the parents named in the adoption decree pursuant to section 600.13. 2018 Acts, […]
600.8 Placement investigations and reports. 1. a. A preplacement investigation shall be directed to and a report of this investigation shall answer the following: (1) Whether the home of the prospective adoption petitioner is a suitable one for the placement of a minor person to be adopted. (2) How the prospective adoption petitioner’s emotional maturity, […]
600.9 Report of expenditures — penalty. 1. a. A biological parent shall not receive any thing of value as a result of the biological parent’s child or former child being placed with and adopted by another person, unless that thing of value is an allowable expense under subsection 2. b. Any person assisting in any […]
600.9A Prohibited practices — penalties. 1. All of the following are prohibited practices regarding a proceeding under this chapter: a. The provision of termination of parental rights, child placement, or adoption services to any biological or adoptive parent by any person other than an adoption service provider or the department. b. The charging of a […]
