| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
Section 1. Section 232.133, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
1. An interested party aggrieved by an order or decree of the juvenile court may appeal from the court for review of questions of law or fact. However, an order adjudicating a child to have committed a delinquent act, entered pursuant to section 232.47, shall not be appealed until the court enters a corresponding dispositional order pursuant to section 232.52. An appeal that affects the custody of a child shall be heard at the earliest practicable time.
2. The procedure for such
Except for appeals from an order entered pursuant to section 232.117,
appellate procedures shall be governed by the same provisions applicable to appeals from the district court
provided that when such order or decree affects the custody of a child the appeal shall be heard at the earliest practicable
time. The supreme court may prescribe rules to expedite the resolution of appeals from final orders entered pursuant to section 232.117.
Approved May 7, 2001
Updated: 28-Oct-2001 07:35 PM
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