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Iowa Ct. R. 12.15
Hearing — county location
The hearing provided in Iowa Code section 229.12
shall be held in the county where the application was filed unless the judge or referee finds that
the best interests of the respondent would be served by transferring the proceedings to a different
location. If the application was filed in a county where the respondent was not located and did
not reside and the court transferred jurisdiction of the case to a county where the respondent was
located or residing pursuant to Iowa Code section 229.6(1)(b), then the hearing shall be held in
the county where the case was transferred to.
History
[Supreme Court Report 1979; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002; August 22, 2025, effective October 21, 2025]
Provenance
- Source
- www.legis.iowa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
1a072f231cae232e84613edc7500950b33735fc1420baf00e93e1a8fb62cb336
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