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IA HF2423

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ken Croken

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Iowa Code Section 600C.1, subsection 3, paragraph c by striking the paragraph entirely.
  • Removes the requirement that a surviving parent must be deemed unfit to make visitation decisions before a court can grant grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights.
  • Eliminates the requirement that a parent's judgment must be impaired and that visitation benefits must greatly outweigh effects on the parent-child relationship.
  • Courts would still need to find visitation is in the child's best interests and that a substantial relationship exists between the grandparent and child prior to the petition.
  • Applies to cases where a parent of the child is deceased.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances.

Last Action

Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 273.

2/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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