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

        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.
      
         Section History: Early Form
         [C71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.63; C79, 81, § 232.61]

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