§ 232.42 — Continuances

Iowa § 232.42

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 232: JUVENILE JUSTICE

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1. Continuances in juvenile delinquency proceedings may be granted by the court only
for good cause shown on the record if the child is being held in detention.
2. Where the child requests a continuance of proceedings, the court, in an order granting

the continuance, may suspend the time limitations imposed on the state by this subchapter
for a period of time not to exceed the length of the continuance.
3. Proceedings may be continued for up to one year upon the request of the county
attorney and the child to permit the making of probation arrangements prior to the
adjudicatory hearing. If either the child or the county attorney requests that the adjudicatory
hearing be held at any time during the period of the continuance, the court shall set the
matter for hearing.

Legislative History

[S13, §254-a23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3637; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §232.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.34; C79, §232.13, 232.42; C81, §232.42]