2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.99 - DISPOSITIONAL HEARING -- FINDINGS.

        232.99  DISPOSITIONAL HEARING -- FINDINGS.
         1.  Following the entry of an order pursuant to section 232.96,
      the court shall, as soon as practicable, hold a dispositional hearing
      in order to determine what disposition should be made of the
      petition.
         2.  All relevant and material evidence shall be admitted.
         3.  In the initial dispositional hearing, any hearing held under
      section 232.103, and any dispositional review or permanency hearing,
      the court shall inquire of the parties as to the sufficiency of the
      services being provided and whether additional services are needed to
      facilitate the safe return of the child to the child's home.  If the
      court determines such services are needed, the court shall order the
      services to be provided.  The court shall advise the parties that
      failure to identify a deficiency in services or to request additional
      services may preclude the party from challenging the sufficiency of
      the services in a termination of parent-child relationship
      proceeding.
         4.  When the dispositional hearing is concluded the court shall
      make the least restrictive disposition appropriate considering all
      the circumstances of the case.  The dispositions which may be entered
      under this division are listed in sections 232.100 to 232.102 in
      order from least to most restrictive.
         5.  The court shall make and file written findings as to its
      reason for the disposition.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.31; C79, 81, § 232.99] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         98 Acts, ch 1190, §10
         Referred to in § 232.58, 232.95, 232.104