2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.87 - FILING OF A PETITION -- CONTENTS OF PETITION.

        232.87  FILING OF A PETITION -- CONTENTS OF
      PETITION.
         1.  A formal judicial proceeding to determine whether a child is a
      child in need of assistance under this chapter shall be initiated by
      the filing of a petition alleging a child to be a child in need of
      assistance.
         2.  A petition may be filed by the department of human services,
      juvenile court officer, or county attorney.
         3.  The department, juvenile court officer, county attorney or
      judge may authorize the filing of a petition with the clerk of the
      court by any competent person having knowledge of the circumstances
      without the payment of a filing fee.
         4.  The petition shall be submitted in the form specified in
      section 232.36.
         5.  The petition shall contain the information specified in
      section 232.36 and a clear and concise summary of the facts which
      bring the child within the jurisdiction of the court under this
      division.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C79, 81, § 232.87] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 186, § 10055, 10201
         Referred to in § 232.81, 232.82, 232.95, 232.98, 233.2