Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

A parent shall have the right to request the review of a support order for which child support services is currently providing enforcement services of an ongoing child support obligation pursuant to chapter 252B including by objecting to a cost-of-living alteration pursuant to se…

1. Child support services may periodically initiate a review of support orders meeting the conditions in section 252H.12 in accordance with the following: a. The right to any ongoing child support obligation is currently assigned to the state due to the receipt of public assistan…

1. Notwithstanding section 252H.15 , child support services may use procedures under this section to review a support order if all the following apply: a. One of the following applies: (1) The right to ongoing child support is assigned to the state of Iowa due to the receipt of f…

1. Unless an action is initiated under section 252H.14A , prior to conducting a review of a support order, child support services shall issue a notice of intent to review and adjust to each parent, or if applicable, to each parent’s attorney. However, notice to a child support ag…

1. For actions initiated under section 252H.15 , child support services shall conduct the review and determine whether an adjustment is appropriate. As necessary, child support services shall make a determination of the controlling order or the amount of delinquent support due ba…

1. Each parent shall have the right to challenge the notice of decision issued under section 252H.14A or 252H.16 , by requesting a second review by child support services. 2. A challenge shall be submitted, in writing, to child support services, within thirty days of service of t…

An order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for administrative modification under this subchapter . 1. The order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of modification. 2. Child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252…

1. If a support order is not eligible for review and adjustment because the support order is outside of the minimum time frames specified by rule of the department, a parent may request a review and administrative modification by submitting all of the following to child support s…

1. Child support services shall issue a notice of intent to modify to each parent. Notice to a child support agency or an agency entitled to receive child or medical support payments as the result of an assignment of support rights is not required. 2. The notice shall be served u…

1. As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires, “caretaker” , “court order” , “department” , “dependent child” , “medical support” , and “responsible person” mean the same as defined in section 252C.1 . 2. As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise…

1. Each parent shall have the right to request a conference with child support services. The request may be made in person, in writing, or by telephone, and shall be made within ten days of the date of successful service of the notice of intent to modify. 2. A parent requesting a…

1. This subchapter is intended to provide a procedure to accommodate a request of both parents to expeditiously change a support order due to changes in the cost of living. 2. All of the following shall apply to a cost-of-living alteration under this subchapter : a. To the extent…

A support order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for a cost-of-living alteration under this subchapter . 1. The support order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of a cost-of-living alteration. 2. The support order provides for the ong…

A parent may request a cost-of-living alteration by submitting all of the following to child support services: 1. A written request for a cost-of-living alteration to the support order signed by the parent making the request. 2. A statement signed by the nonrequesting parent agre…

1. Upon receipt of a request and required documentation for a cost-of-living alteration, child support services shall issue a notice of the amount of cost-of-living alteration by regular mail to the last known address of each parent, or, if applicable, each parent’s attorney. The…

1. Any action initiated under this chapter , including any court hearing resulting from an action, shall be limited in scope to the adjustment or modification of the child or medical support or cost-of-living alteration of the child support provisions of a support order. A determ…

A mother or father may be added as a proper party defendant to a support order upon service of a notice as provided in this chapter and without a court order as provided in the rules of civil procedure. 2007 Acts, ch 218, §181, 187 ; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20

1. Child support services may administratively adjust or modify or may provide for an administrative cost-of-living alteration of a support order entered under chapter 234 , 252A , 252C , 598 , or 600B , or any other support chapter if child support services is providing enforcem…

1. Unless child support services is already providing support enforcement service pursuant to chapter 252B , a parent ordered to provide support, who requests a review of a support order under subchapter II , shall file an application for services pursuant to section 252B.4 . 2. …

Child support services may request, obtain, and validate information concerning the financial circumstances of the parents of a child as necessary to determine the appropriate amount of support pursuant to the guidelines established in section 598.21B , including but not limited …

1. A parent may waive the fifteen-day prereview waiting period provided for in section 252H.16 . a. Upon receipt of signed requests from both parents waiving the prereview waiting period, child support services may conduct a review of the support order prior to the expiration of …

1. For actions initiated under section 252H.15 , either parent or child support services may request a court hearing within fifteen days from the date of issuance of the notice of decision under section 252H.16 , or within ten days of the date of issuance of the second notice of …

1. If timely request for a court hearing is not made pursuant to section 252H.8 , child support services shall prepare and present an administrative order for adjustment or modification, as applicable, for review and approval, ex parte, to the district court where the order to be…