236.3B - ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY ATTORNEY.
236.3B ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY ATTORNEY.
A county attorney's office may provide assistance to a person
wishing to initiate proceedings pursuant to this chapter or to a
plaintiff at any stage of a proceeding under this chapter, if the
individual does not have sufficient funds to pay for legal assistance
and if the assistance does not create a conflict of interest for the
county attorney's office. The assistance provided may include, but
is not limited to, assistance in obtaining or completing forms,
filing a petition or other necessary pleading, presenting evidence to
the court, and enforcing the orders of the court entered pursuant to
this chapter. Providing assistance pursuant to this section shall
not be considered the private practice of law for the purposes of
section 331.752. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 157, §2
Referred to in § 232.8, 915.50