237.15 - DEFINITIONS.
237.15 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this division unless otherwise defined:
1. "Case permanency plan" means the same as defined in
section 232.2, subsection 4, except the plan shall also include the
following:
a. The efforts to place the child with a relative.
b. The rationale for an out-of-state placement, and the
efforts to prevent such placement, if the child has been placed
out-of-state.
c. Time frames to meet the stated permanency goal and
short-term objectives.
2. "Child receiving foster care" means a child defined in
section 234.1 who is described by any of the following circumstances:
a. The child's foster care placement is the financial
responsibility of the state pursuant to section 234.35.
b. The child is under the guardianship of the department.
c. The child has been involuntarily hospitalized for mental
illness pursuant to chapter 229.
d. The child is at-risk of being placed outside the child's
home, the department or court is providing or planning to provide
services to the child, and the department or court has requested the
involvement of the state or local board.
3. "Court appointed special advocate" means the same as
defined in section 232.2.
4. "Family" means the social unit consisting of the child and
the biological or adoptive parent, stepparent, brother, sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, and grandparent of the child.
5. "Local board" means a local citizen foster care review
board created pursuant to section 237.19.
6. "Person or court responsible for the child" means the
department, including but not limited to the department of human
services, agency, or individual who is the guardian of a child by
court order issued by the juvenile or district court and has the
responsibility of the care of the child, or the court having
jurisdiction over the child.
7. "State board" means the child advocacy board created
pursuant to section 237.16. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1279, § 26; 88 Acts, ch 1233, § 1, 2; 89 Acts, ch 296,
§ 22; 90 Acts, ch 1270, § 46; 91 Acts, ch 232, § 11; 92 Acts, ch
1141, § 5; 92 Acts, ch 1231, § 40; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §6; 95 Acts, ch
182, § 18, 19; 2000 Acts, ch 1067, §13; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §20, 21
Referred to in § 234.39