2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.3 - CONCURRENT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

        232.3  CONCURRENT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
         1.  During the pendency of an action under this chapter, a party
      to the action is estopped from litigating concurrently the custody,
      guardianship, or placement of a child who is the subject of the
      action, in a court other than the juvenile court.  A district judge,
      district associate judge, magistrate, or judicial hospitalization
      referee, upon notice of the pendency of an action under this chapter,
      shall not issue an order, finding, or decision relating to the
      custody, guardianship, or placement of the child who is the subject
      of the action, under any law, including but not limited to chapter
      598, 598B, or 633.
         2.  The juvenile court with jurisdiction of the pending action
      under this chapter, however, may, upon the request of a party to the
      action or on its own motion, authorize the party to litigate
      concurrently in another court a specific issue relating to the
      custody, guardianship, or placement of the child who is the subject
      of the action.  Before authorizing a party to litigate a specific
      issue in another court, the juvenile court shall give all parties to
      the action an opportunity to be heard on the proposed authorization.
      The juvenile court may request but shall not require another court to
      exercise jurisdiction and adjudicate a specific issue relating to the
      custody, guardianship, or placement of the child.  

         83 Acts, ch 21, § 2; 83 Acts, ch 186, § 10056, 10201; 99 Acts, ch
      103, §42