600.15 Foreign and international adoptions. 1. A decree establishing a parent-child relationship by adoption which is issued pursuant to due process of law by a juvenile court or court of any other jurisdiction within or outsidethe United States shall be recognized in this state. 2. For an adoption based on a decree issued by a foreign jurisdiction within the United States, an investigator shall conduct a postplacement investigation and issue a postplacementreport as provided in section 600.8. 3. a. For an adoption based on a decree issued by a jurisdiction outside the United States, an investigator shall conduct a postplacement investigation that consists of a minimum ofthree face-to-face visits with the minor person and the adoptive parents during the first yearafter the placement, with the first such visit to be conducted within sixty days of the placementof the minor person in the adoptive home. Additional visits shall be conducted if required bythe jurisdiction that issued the decree. b. The postplacement investigation and report under this subsection shall include documentation that any unique needs of the minor person are being appropriately metthrough the placement. the decree. b. The postplacement investigation and report under this subsection shall include documentation that any unique needs of the minor person are being appropriately metthrough the placement. [C77, 79, 81, §600.15]87 Acts, ch 140, §1 – 3; 98 Acts, ch 1064, §2; 99 Acts, ch 138, §4; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §67, 74; 2002 Acts, ch 1040, §4, 5; 2014 Acts, ch 1029, §3 Referred to in §144.25A Sat Dec 23 11:13:41 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 600.15 (18, 0)
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