600.10 Minimum residence of a minor child. The adoption of a minor person shall not be decreed until that person has lived with the adoption petitioner for a minimum residence period of one hundred eighty days. However,the juvenile court or court may waive this period if the adoption petitioner is a stepparent orrelated to the minor person within the fourth degree of consanguinity or may shorten thisperiod upon good cause shown when the juvenile court or court is satisfied that the adoptionpetitioner and the person to be adopted are suited to each other. [C27, 31, 35, §10501-b2; C39, §10501.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.2; C77, 79, 81, §600.10] 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §13Referred to in §600.8, 600.12A, 600.14A, 600.20 Sat Dec 23 11:13:38 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 600.10 (17, 0)
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