Terms Used In Iowa Code 233A.13

  • Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
 The discharge of an inmate as reformed or having arrived at eighteen years of age, shall be a complete release from all penalties incurred by the conviction for the offense upon which the child was committed to the school.