232.91 - PRESENCE OF PARENTS, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, AND OTHERS AT HEARINGS -- ADDITIONAL PARTIES. - Iowa Statutes

232.91 PRESENCE OF PARENTS, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, AND OTHERS AT HEARINGS -- ADDITIONAL PARTIES. 1. Any hearings or proceedings under this division subsequent to the filing of a petition shall not take place without the presence of the child's parent, guardian, custodian, or guardian ad litem in accordance with and subject to section 232.38. A parent without custody may petition the court to be made a party to proceedings under this division. 2. An agency, facility, institution, or person, including a foster parent or an individual providing preadoptive care, may petition the court to be made a party to proceedings under this division. 3. Any person who is entitled under section 232.88 to receive notice of a hearing concerning a child shall be given the opportunity to be heard in any other review or hearing involving the child. A foster parent, relative, or other individual with whom a child has been placed for preadoptive care shall have the right to be heard in any proceeding involving the child. If a child is of an age appropriate to attend the hearing but the child does not attend, the court shall determine if the child was informed of the child's right to attend the hearing.          Section History: Early Form [SS15, § 254-a16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3631; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 232.15; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.11; C79, 81, § 232.91]          Section History: Recent Form 84 Acts, ch 1279, § 11; 95 Acts, ch 182, § 4; 97 Acts, ch 164, § 3; 98 Acts, ch 1190, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 172, §13; 2008 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §133 Referred to in § 600A.7