232.100 - SUSPENDED JUDGMENT. - Iowa Statutes

232.100 SUSPENDED JUDGMENT. After the dispositional hearing the court may enter an order suspending judgment and continuing the proceedings subject to terms and conditions imposed to assure the proper care and protection of the child. Such terms and conditions may include the supervision of the child and of the parent, guardian or custodian by the department of human services, juvenile court office or other appropriate agency designated by the court. The maximum duration of any term or condition of a suspended judgment shall be twelve months unless the court finds at a hearing held during the last month of that period that exceptional circumstances require an extension of the term or condition for an additional six months.          Section History: Early Form [C79, 81, § 232.100]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159 Referred to in § 232.99, 232.103, 232.117, 232.127