Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 6 - Human Services > Subtitle 5 - Juveniles > CHAPTER 233 - NEWBORN INFANT CUSTODY RELEASE PROCEDURES (NEWBORN SAFE HAVEN ACT) > 233.4 - RIGHTS OF PARENTS.

233.4 - RIGHTS OF PARENTS.

        233.4  RIGHTS OF PARENTS.
         Either parent of a newborn infant whose custody was released in
      accordance with section 233.2 may intervene in the child in need of
      assistance or termination of parental rights proceedings held
      regarding the newborn infant and request that the juvenile court
      grant custody of the newborn infant to the parent.  The requester
      must show by clear and convincing evidence that the requester is the
      parent of the newborn infant.  If the court determines that the
      requester is the parent of the newborn infant and that granting
      custody of the newborn infant to the parent is in the newborn
      infant's best interest, the court shall issue an order granting
      custody of the newborn infant to the parent.  In addition to such
      order, the court may order services for the newborn infant and the
      parent as are in the best interest of the newborn infant.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2001 Acts, ch 67, §4, 13
         Referred to in § 233.6