Iowa Code § 238.32
Authority to agencies
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
Any institution incorporated under the laws of this state or maintained for the purpose of caring for, placing out for adoption, or otherwise improving the condition of unfortunate children may, under the conditions specified in this chapter and when licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
An agency as specified in this chapter and when licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may do any of the following:
1. Receive children in need of assistance, or delinquent children who are under eighteen years of age, under commitment from the juvenile court, and control and dispose of them subject to the provisions of chapter 232 and chapter 600A.
1. Receive children in need of assistance or children who are under eighteen years of age found to have committed a delinquent act by the juvenile court, and provide for the disposition of the children subject to the provisions of chapter 232 and chapter 600A.
2. Receive, control, and dispose of all minor children voluntarily surrendered to such institutions.
2. Receive and provide for the disposition of all minor children voluntarily surrendered to the agency.
Transferring legal custody of a child, §232.102, 232.103
Transferring legal custody of a child, §232.102, 232.103
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