{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-600.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 600.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"1. “Adoption service provider”, “adult”, “agency”, “biological parent”, “certified adoption investigator”, “child”, “court”, “custodian”, “department”, “guardian”, “guardian ad litem”, “juvenile court”, “minor”, “parent”, “parent-child relationship”, “stepparent”, and “termination of parental rights” mean the same as defined in section 600A.2.\n2. “Investigator” means a natural person who is certified or approved by the department, after inspection by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, as being capable of conducting an investigation under section 600.8.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 600 - ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/600.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"214bf51df20f9b84cd9e3d98dbea84c6b318179deb37358cdeaaeef246bac2e1","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-600.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-600.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}