Iowa's General Adoption Statutes
Iowa
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: § 600.8
- • Child placement agency
- • The department
- • Investigator
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: § 600A.4
- • Family medical and social history, including
any known disorders
- • Developmental history
- • Racial, ethnic, and religious background
- • Prior and existing relationships
Contents of Report About Birth Parents
Statute: § 600A.4
- • Family medical and social history
- • General physical description
Contents of Report About Adoptive
Parents Statute: § 600.8
- • Suitability of home
- • Emotional maturity
- • Finances
- • Health
- • Relationships
- • Criminal background check
- • History of child abuse and neglect
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