Iowa Code 233A.11 – County attorney to appear for child
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 233A.11
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
In case legal proceedings are necessary to enforce any right conferred on any child by sections 233A.7 through 233A.10, the county attorney of the county in which such proceedings should be instituted shall, on the request of the superintendent, subject to the approval of the director, institute and carry out the proceedings on behalf of the superintendent.