600.18 - DETERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. - Iowa Statutes

600.18 DETERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE. Any prospective adoptive parent desiring financial assistance shall state this fact in the petition for adoption. The department of human services shall investigate the person petitioning for adoption and the child and shall file with the juvenile court or court a statement of whether the department will provide assistance as provided in sections 600.17 to 600.22, the estimated amount, extent, and duration of assistance, and any other information the juvenile court or court may order. If the department of human services is unable to determine that an insurance policy will cover the costs of special services, it shall proceed as if no policy existed, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive assistance. The department shall, to the amount of financial assistance given, be subrogated to the rights of the adoptive parent in the insurance contract.          Section History: Early Form [C73, 75, § 600.12; C77, 79, 81, § 600.18]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §22 Referred to in § 600.5, 600.22, 627.19