Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 600.6. Attachments to an adoption petition

1. A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record. The department of health and human services shall provide a certified copy of a birth certificate or a verified birth record, as applicable, to the person adopting a child when the department of health and human services is the guardian of the child.

2. A copy of any order terminating parental rights with respect to the person to be adopted.

3. If parental rights were terminated pursuant to chapter 232, a copy of any court orders concerning whether ongoing contact between siblings not placed with the person to be adopted is in the best interest of each sibling.

4. Any written consent and verified statement required under section 600.7, except the consent required under subsection 1, paragraph “d”, of that section.

5. Any preplacement investigation report that has been prepared at the time of filing pursuant to section 600.8.

6. In the case of a standby adoption as defined in section 600.14A, a form completed by the terminally ill parent consenting to termination of parental rights and adoption of the child by a person or persons specified in the consent form, effective at a future date when the terminally ill parent of the child has died or requests that a final adoption decree be issued.