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2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.109 - JURISDICTION.

        232.109  JURISDICTION.
         The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
      proceedings under this chapter to terminate a parent-child
      relationship and all parental rights with respect to a child.  No
      such termination shall be ordered except under the provisions of this
      chapter if the court has made an order concerning the child pursuant
      to the provisions of division III of this chapter and the order is in
      force at the time a petition for termination is filed.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C79, 81, § 232.109]

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