600.12 Adoption hearing. 1. An adoption hearing shall be conducted informally as a hearing in equity. The hearing shall be reported or electronically recorded. 2. Only those persons notified under section 600.11 and their witnesses and legal counsel or persons requested by the juvenile court or court to be present shall be admitted to thecourt chambers while an adoption hearing is being conducted. The adoption petitioner andthe person to be adopted shall be present at the hearing, unless the presence of either isexcused by the juvenile court or court. 3. Any person admitted to the hearing shall be heard and allowed to present evidence upon request and according to the manner in which the juvenile court or court conducts thehearing. [C27, 31, 35, §10501-b4; C39, §10501.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.4; C77, 79, 81, §600.12] 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §15; 2021 Acts, ch 66, §1Referred to in §600.7, 600.8, 600.11, 600.14A Sat Dec 23 11:13:38 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 600.12 (19, 0)
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