HSB 108: HSB 108

What it does

_____ close a child in need of assistance (CINA) case by transferring jurisdiction through modification of a bridge order issued pursuant to a previous CINA case. Under current law, a juvenile court may close a CINA case by issuing a bridge order that would transfer jurisdiction to the district court. If the child is subject to a subsequent CINA case, the juvenile court is required to issue a new order for the case and a court would have to rescind the previous bridge order. The bill provides that if a bridge order currently exists for a child in a CINA case, a juvenile court may close a CINA case by transferring jurisdiction over the child’s custody, physical care, and visitation to the district court through a modification of the bridge order issued pursuant to the previous CINA case if the child has been adjudicated a CINA in an active juvenile court case, and a dispositional order in that case is in place; paternity of the child has been legally established, including by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by administrative order when authorized by state law; the child is safely placed by the juvenile court with a parent; a parent qualified for a court-appointed attorney in the juvenile court case; and the juvenile court has determined that the CINA case can safely close once the child’s previous bridge order is modified and entered by the district court.

House subcommittee · named January 30, 2023

• Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Megan Jones (R) · megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Sami Scheetz (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

1. January 30, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
2. January 30, 2023House subcommittee named: Nordman, Jones and Scheetz
3. February 7, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 14, 2023Approved by the House committee
5. February 20, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 359