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232C.2 STAY -- MEDIATION -- REFERRAL TO FAMILY IN
NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
1. Prior to an emancipation hearing held pursuant to section
232C.1, the court, on its own motion, may stay the proceedings, and
refer the parties to mediation or request that the department of
human services investigate any allegations of child abuse or neglect
contained in the petition, and order that a written report be
prepared and filed by the department.
2. If a minor's parent or guardian objects to the petition filed
pursuant to section 232C.1, the juvenile court shall stay the
proceedings and refer the parties to mediation unless the juvenile
court finds that mediation would not be in the best interests of the
minor.
3. If an agreement is reached through mediation, the parties
shall file the signed agreement with the juvenile court.
4. Notwithstanding subsections 1 through 3, the juvenile court,
on its own motion, may discontinue emancipation proceedings pursuant
to this chapter and interpret the petition as a petition to initiate
family in need of assistance proceedings and consider the petition
under sections 232.122 through 232.127. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 153, §4
Referred to in § 232.125, 232C.3
