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2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.1 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.



        232.1  RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
         This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that each
      child under the jurisdiction of the court shall receive, preferably
      in the child's own home, the care, guidance and control that will
      best serve the child's welfare and the best interest of the state.
      When a child is removed from the control of the child's parents, the
      court shall secure for the child care as nearly as possible
      equivalent to that which should have been given by the parents.
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 254-a14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3617; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 232.1]

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