Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 135L - Notification Requirements Regarding Pregnant Minors

• Abortion: means an abortion as defined in chapter 146. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Adult: means a person eighteen years of age or older. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Court: means the juvenile court. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Grandparent: means the parent of an individual who is the parent of the pregnant minor. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Medical emergency: means a condition which, based upon a physician's judgment, necessitates an abortion to avert the pregnant minor's death, or for which a delay will create a risk of serious impairment of a major bodily function. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age who has not been and is not married. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Parent: means one parent or a legal guardian or custodian of a pregnant minor. See Iowa Code 135L.1
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• week: means seven consecutive days. See Iowa Code 4.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1