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2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
Section 232.61 - Jurisdiction.
IA Code § 232.61 (2016) What's This?
232.61
Jurisdiction.
1. The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings under this chapter alleging that a child is a child in need of assistance.
2. In determining such jurisdiction the age and marital status of the child at the time the proceedings are initiated is controlling.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, §232.63; C79, 81, §232.61]
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