600A.7 Termination hearing — forum non conveniens. 1. The hearing on termination of parental rights shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 232.91 through 232.96 and otherwise in accordance with the rulesof civil procedure. Such hearing shall be held no earlier than one week after the child is born. 2. Relevant information, including that contained in reports, studies or examinations and testified to by interested persons, may be admitted into evidence at the hearing and reliedupon to the extent of its probative value. When such information is so admitted, the personsubmitting it or testifying shall be subject to both direct and cross-examination by a necessaryparty. 3. If a putative father files a declaration of paternity pursuant to section 144.12A, the putative father or the mother of the child may request that paternity be established pursuantto section 600B.41 prior to the granting of a dismissal of the petition to terminate parentalrights. [C66, 71, 73, 75, §232.42, 232.46; C77, 79, 81, §600A.7]94 Acts, ch 1174, §19, 22; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §353 Sat Dec 23 11:13:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 600A.7 (19, 0)
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