An adoption petition shall have attached to it the following:
1. A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record. The department shall provide a certified copy of a birth certificate or a verified birth record, as applicable, to the person adopting a child when the department is the guardian of the child.
2. A copy of any order terminating parental rights with respect to the person to be adopted.
3. If parental rights were terminated pursuant to chapter 232, a copy of any court orders concerning whether ongoing contact between siblings not placed with the person to be adopted is in the best interest of each sibling.
4. Any written consent and verified statement required under section 600.7, except the consent required under subsection 1, paragraph “d”, of that section.
5. Any preplacement investigation report that has been prepared at the time of filing pursuant to section 600.8.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:56 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 600 (37, 1) §600.6, ADOPTION 4\n\n 6. In the case of a standby adoption as defined in section 600.14A, a form completed by the terminally ill parent consenting to termination of parental rights and adoption of the child by a person or persons specified in the consent form, effective at a future date when the terminally ill parent of the child has died or requests that a final adoption decree be issued. [R60, §2601; C73, §2308; C97, §3251; C24, §10497; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b3; C39, §10501.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.3; C77, 79, 81, §600.6] 89 Acts, ch 140, §1; 99 Acts, ch 43, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 57, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1096, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 134, §2; 2024 Acts, ch 1043, §102 Referred to in §600.14A \n
Notes of Decisions
First Nat'l Bank of Dubuque v. MacKey, 338 N.W.2d 361 (Iowa 1983).
· cites it 8× “See Iowa Code § 600.6 (1950). If the settlor was referring to the adoptee's status before the adoption, however, Evelyn was a "legally adopted adult," not a "legally adopted child.”
In re Adoption of Perkins, 49 N.W.2d 248 (Iowa 1951).
· cites it 4× “Code section 600.6 provides: “Upon the entering of such decree, the rights, duties, and relationships between the child and parent by adoption shall be the same that exist between parents and child by lawful birth and the right of inheritance from each other shall be the same as…”
In Re Drumheller's Est., 110 N.W.2d 833 (Iowa 1961).
· cites it 4× “Here it was stipulated decedent's cousin, Geraldine Drumheller Terry, would have inherited this one-half if she survived decedent, and she adopted appellant, Elizabeth Josephine Terry, in Indiana as an adult in 1940, her only child, natural or adopted.”
Corbett v. Stergios, 137 N.W.2d 266 (Iowa 1965).
· cites it 4× “Tbe action is based on section 600.6, Code, 1962, which provides rights of inheritance between a child and parent by adoption shall be the same as those between parent and child born in lawful wedlock, and section 633.”
Elliott v. Hiddleson, 303 N.W.2d 140 (Iowa 1981).
“See §§ 600.6, 636.31, The Code 1946; §§ 633.219, .”
Mathew v. Mathew, 209 N.W.2d 573 (Iowa 1973).
· cites it 4× “Plaintiff’s conclusion that under paragraph 3 of item 2 of testator’s will he is entitled to a one thirty-sixth share of decedent’s estate is based primarily on section 600.6, The Code, 1950, which then provided : “Upon the entering of such decree, the rights, duties, and…”
Corbett v. Stergios, 126 N.W.2d 342 (Iowa 1964).
· cites it 4× “The decision of the trial court was also based upon the fact that there is a lack of reciprocity as follows: In Iowa there appears in section 600.6, Code of Iowa, I.C.A., the following provision: "Status of the adopted child.”
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