What changed in HF 1003

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Section 1. Section 232.84, 232.102, subsection 2, 1, paragraph c, Code 2025, 2026, is amended to read as follows:

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a. Unless the custody of a child is transferred from one of the child’s parents to another parent of the child, within thirty days after the entry of an order under this chapter removing a child from the custody of a parent or parents of the child, the department shall exercise due diligence in identifying and providing notice to the child’s grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, parents of the child’s siblings, and adult relatives suggested by the child’s parents, subject to exceptions due to the presence of family or domestic violence.

b. The department shall employ dedicated staff at the department’s central office for the sole purpose of exercising the department’s due diligence requirements under paragraph “a”.

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2. Section 232.102, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

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(1) A court shall not order placement of a child in a category identified in paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) without a specific finding that placement with an adult relative is not in the child’s best interests and providing reasons for the court’s finding.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision under this subsection to the contrary, if the court finds, during the dispositional hearing, that the child has been placed with an individual licensed under chapter 237 to provide foster care for at least nine months immediately preceding the dispositional hearing, the court shall not order placement of a child in a category identified in paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), (2), or (3), without a specific finding that such placement is in the child’s best interests and providing reasons for the court’s findings.