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Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 238.42. Agreement in child placements

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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An agency placing a child in a foster home shall enter into a written agreement with the person taking the child. The agreement shall provide that the agency shall have access at all reasonable times to the child and to the home in which the child is living, and may remove the child from the home whenever, in the opinion of the agency or the department, removal is in the best interests of the child.

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