234.41 - TORT ACTIONS. - Iowa Statutes

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