Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Iowa
Date: January 2022
Jurisdiction
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 600.3
A petition for adoption shall be filed with the juvenile court or any county court.
Venue
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 600.3
The court must be in the county in which an adult person to be adopted is domiciled or resides or where the guardian of a minor person to be adopted or the petitioner is domiciled or resides.