Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 600A.10 (2026)

Termination procedures — prohibited practices — penalty for violation

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1. Any biological parent who chooses to identify the other biological parent and who knowingly and intentionally identifies a person who is not the other biological parent in the written release of custody or in any other document related to the termination of parental rights proceedings is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

2. Any person who signs or accepts a release of custody under section 600A.4 prior to the expiration of the seventy-two-hour period required is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

3. a. All of the following are prohibited practices regarding a proceeding under this chapter:

(1) The provision of termination of parental rights, child placement, or adoption services to any biological or adoptive parent by any person other than an adoption service provider or the department.

(2) The charging of a fee by an adoption service provider that is more than the usual and necessary fee commensurate with the services rendered.

(3) The facilitation, encouragement, or advisement of adoptive parents by an adoption service provider to provide any thing of value beyond those expenditures allowed pursuant to section 600A.6D.

(4) The knowing encouragement or solicitation of payment of allowable expenses or provision of anything of value beyond those expenditures allowed pursuant to section 600A.6D, by a person falsely representing that a child may be available for adoption with the intent to defraud the other person.

b. A person who commits a prohibited practice under this subsection is guilty of a serious misdemeanor for the first violation and a class “C” felony for any second or subsequent violation. 94 Acts, ch 1174, §21, 22; 2017 Acts, ch 113, §23 Similar provisions, see §600.9A, 714.8(21)\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:52 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 600A (43, 0) \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1988–1994 · leading case: In the Interest of A.C., 428 N.W.2d 297 (Iowa 1988).

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In the Interest of A.C., 428 N.W.2d 297 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 31× “1123, § 1 (codified at Iowa Code § 600A.10 (1987)). 3 Although section 600A.”

Matter of Adoption of KT, 497 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 10× “This section, as amended, contains substantially all of the provisions of Iowa Code section 600A.10(3) (1987), which was relied upon by the Iowa Supreme Court in In re A.”

In the Interest of B.B.M., 514 N.W.2d 425 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “1123, § 1 (codified at Iowa Code § 600A.10 (1987)). This statute was repealed one year later.”

Matter of Guardianship of Nemer, 419 N.W.2d 582 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 2× “The legislation amended the termination of parental rights statute, § 600A.10, by affording grandparents a right of visitation independent of their child's parental rights upon a showing that such visitation was in the child's best interest and would not "unduly disrupt the…”

— Iowa Code § 600A.10(3) — 2 cases

In the Interest of A.C., 428 N.W.2d 297 (Iowa 1988). “1123, § 1 (codified at Iowa Code § 600A.10 (1987)). 3 Although section 600A.”

Matter of Adoption of KT, 497 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). “This section, as amended, contains substantially all of the provisions of Iowa Code section 600A.10(3) (1987), which was relied upon by the Iowa Supreme Court in In re A.”

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