2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.153 - APPLICABILITY OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO ITS EFFECTIVE DATE.

        232.153  APPLICABILITY OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO ITS
      EFFECTIVE DATE.
         1.  Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section,
      this chapter does not apply to juvenile court cases brought prior to
      July 1, 1979 or to acts committed prior to July 1, 1979 which would
      otherwise bring a child or a child's parent, guardian or custodian
      within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this
      chapter.
         2.  In a case pending on or commenced after July 1, 1979,
      involving acts committed prior to July 1, 1979, upon the request of
      any party and the approval of the court:
         a.  Procedural provisions of this chapter shall apply insofar
      as they are justly applicable.
         b.  The court may order a disposition of the case pursuant to
      the provisions of this chapter.
         3.  Provisions of this chapter governing the termination,
      modification or vacation of a dispositional order shall apply to
      persons to whom a dispositional order has been issued for acts
      committed prior to July 1, 1979, except that the maximum length of
      the order and the severity of the disposition shall not be increased.
      The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the substantive or
      procedural validity of a judgment entered before July 1, 1979,
      regardless of the fact that appeal time has not run or that an appeal
      is pending.  

         [C81, § 232.153]
         Referred to in § 216A.136