IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
232.42 - CONTINUANCES.
232.42 CONTINUANCES.
1. Continuances in juvenile delinquency proceedings may be
granted by the court only for good cause shown on the record if the
child is being held in detention.
2. Where the child requests a continuance of proceedings, the
court, in an order granting the continuance, may suspend the time
limitations imposed on the state by this division for a period of
time not to exceed the length of the continuance.
3. Proceedings may be continued for up to one year upon the
request of the county attorney and the child to permit the making of
probation arrangements prior to the adjudicatory hearing. If either
the child or the county attorney requests that the adjudicatory
hearing be held at any time during the period of the continuance, the
court shall set the matter for hearing. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 254-a23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3637; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, § 232.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.34; C79, § 232.13, 232.42;
C81, § 232.42] Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1172, §15