Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
Title XV. JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES |
Chapter 600B. PATERNITY AND OBLIGATION FOR SUPPORT |
Section 600B.21. Death, absence or mental illness of mother — testimony receivable.
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If after the complaint the mother dies or becomes mentally ill or cannot be found within the jurisdiction, the proceeding does not abate, but the child shall be substituted as complainant. The testimony of the mother taken by deposition as in other civil cases, may in any such case be read as evidence and in all cases shall be read as evidence if demanded by the defendant.
[C27, 31, 35, §12667-a31; C39, §12667.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §675.21]
C93, §600B.21