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

        232.81  COMPLAINT.
         1.  Any person having knowledge of the circumstances may file a
      complaint with the person or agency designated by the court to
      perform intake duties alleging that a child is a child in need of
      assistance.
         2.  Upon receipt of a complaint, the court may request the
      department of human services, juvenile probation office, or other
      authorized agency or individual to conduct a preliminary
      investigation of the complaint to determine if further action should
      be taken.
         3.  A petition alleging the child to be a child in need of
      assistance may be filed pursuant to section 232.87 provided the
      allegations of the complaint, if proven, are sufficient to establish
      the court's jurisdiction and the filing is in the best interests of
      the child.
         4.  A person or agency shall not maintain any records with regard
      to a complaint filed under division III of this chapter which is
      dismissed without the filing of a petition.  This subsection does not
      apply to records maintained pursuant to chapter 235A.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [SS15, § 254-a15; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3621; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, § 232.5; C71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.3; C79, 81, § 232.81] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159
         Referred to in § 232.21, 232.83