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§ 600.1
Iowa
Code
Title
XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle
1. Domestic Relations
Chapter
600. Adoption
600.1. Construction
This
chapter [FN1]
shall be construed liberally. The best interest of the person to be adopted
shall be the paramount consideration in interpreting this chapter. However,
the interests of the adopting parents shall be given due consideration
in this interpretation. However, in determining the best interest of the
person to be adopted and the interests of the adopting parents, any evidence
of interests relating to a period of time during which the person to be
adopted is placed with prospective adoptive parents and during which the
placement is not in compliance with the law, adoption procedures, or any
action by the juvenile court or court, shall not be considered in the
determination.
If a proceeding held under
this chapter involves an Indian child as defined in section
232B.3 and the proceeding is subject to the Iowa Indian child welfare
Act under chapter 232B, the proceeding and other actions taken in connection
with the proceeding or this chapter shall comply with chapter 232B. In
any proceeding held or action taken under this chapter involving an Indian
child, the applicable requirements of the federal Adoption and Safe Families
Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 105-89, shall be applied to the proceeding or
action in a manner that complies with chapter 232B and the federal Indian
Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95-608.
CREDIT(S)
Added by Acts 1976 (66
G.A.) ch. 1229, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1994 (75
G.A.) ch. 1174, § 6; Acts 2000 (78 G.A.) ch. 1145, § 2; Acts
2003 (80 G.A.) ch. 153, § 16.
[FN1]
Originally enacted as §§ 600.1 to 600.16, Code 1977.
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