234.37 - DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH ACCOUNTS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.
234.37 DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH ACCOUNTS FOR CERTAIN
CHILDREN.
The department of human services is authorized to establish an
account in the name of any child committed to the director of human
services or the director's designee, or whose legal custody has been
transferred to the department, or who is voluntarily placed in foster
care pursuant to section 234.35. Any money which the child receives
from the United States government or any private source shall be
placed in the child's account, unless a guardian of the child's
property has been appointed and demands the money, in which case it
shall be paid to the guardian. The account shall be maintained by
the department as trustee for the child in an interest-bearing
account at a reputable bank or savings and loan association, except
that if the child is residing at an institution administered by the
department a limited amount of the child's funds may be maintained in
a separate account, which need not be interest bearing, in the
child's name at the institution. Any money held in an account in the
child's name or in trust for the child under this section may be
used, at the discretion of the department and subject to restrictions
lawfully imposed by the United States government or other source from
which the child receives the funds, for the purchase of personal
incidentals, desires and comforts of the child. All of the money
held for a child by the department under this section and not used in
the child's behalf as authorized by law shall be promptly paid to the
child or the child's parent or legal guardian upon termination of the
commitment of the child to the director or the director's designee,
or upon transfer or cessation of legal custody of the child by the
department. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 234.37]
Referred to in § 233A.10, 233B.6