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234.41 TORT ACTIONS.
A foster parent licensed by the department of human services
stands in the same relationship to the foster parent's minor foster
child, for purposes of tort actions by or on behalf of the foster
child against the foster parent, as a biological parent to the
biological parent's minor child who resides at home. This section
does not apply to a foster parent whose malicious, willful and wanton
conduct causes injury or damage to a foster child or exposes the
foster child to a danger caused by violation of a statute or the
rules of the department of human services. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 234.41] Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1046, §4
