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

All orders for support entered on or after July 1, 1984, shall notify the person ordered to pay support of the mandatory withholding of income required under section 252D.1 . However, this subchapter is sufficient notice of implementation of mandatory withholding of income under …

An ex parte order entered under this chapter may also include provisions for enforcement of medical support when medical support provisions are included in the support order. The ex parte order may require income withholding of a dollar amount for medical support or implementatio…

An obligor under this chapter may move to quash an income withholding order or a notice of income withholding by filing a motion to quash with the clerk of court. 1. Grounds for contesting a withholding order under this chapter include all of the following: a. A mistake of fact, …

1. In a support order issued or modified on or after November 1, 1990, for which services are being provided by child support services, and in any support orders issued or modified after January 1, 1994, for which services are not provided by child support services, the income of…

Specified sums shall be deducted from the obligor’s income sufficient to pay the support obligation and any judgment established or delinquency accrued under the support order. The amount withheld pursuant to an income withholding order or notice of order for income withholding s…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Accessible” means any of the following, unless otherwise provided in the support order: a. The health benefit plan does not have service area limitations or provides an option not subject to service area limitat…

For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B , the department shall take steps required by federal regulations to implement and enforce an order for medical support. 90 Acts, ch 1224, §34

If medical assistance is provided by the department to a dependent pursuant to chapter 249A , rights to medical support payments are assigned to the department. 90 Acts, ch 1224, §35 ; 93 Acts, ch 78, §23 Referred to in §252A.13 , 598.21C , 598.34 , 600B.38

For the purposes of enforcement pursuant to chapter 252B , medical support may be reduced to a dollar amount and may be collected through the same remedies available for the collection and enforcement of child support. 90 Acts, ch 1224, §36

1. Subject to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, when high potential for obtaining medical support exists, the obligee or the department may petition for a modification of the obligor’s support order to include medical support or a monetary amount for medical support pursuant to this chapter . 2.…

Unless the order specifies otherwise, medical support is not included in the monetary amount of child support ordered to be paid for orders entered on or after July 1, 1990. 90 Acts, ch 1224, §38

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this chapter for cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B . The department shall cooperate with any agency of the state or federal government as may be necessary to qualify for feder…

1. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this chapter take effect July 1, 1990, for all support orders entered pursuant to chapter 234 , 252A , 252C , 598 , or 600B . 2. If an obligor was ordered to provide a health benefit plan or insurance coverage under an order entere…

1. This section shall apply to all initial or modified orders for support entered under chapter 234 , 252A , 252C , 252F , 252H , 598 , 600B , or any other applicable chapter. If an action to establish or modify an order for support is initiated by child support services, section…

1. If child support services is initiating an action to establish or modify support, this section shall apply in addition to the provisions of section 252E.1A . 2. Child support services shall apply the following order of priority when child support services enters or seeks an or…

1. An order requiring the provision of coverage under a health benefit plan other than public coverage is authorization for enrollment of the dependent if the dependent is otherwise eligible to be enrolled. The dependent’s eligibility and enrollment for coverage under such a plan…

This section shall apply if child support services is providing services under chapter 252B . 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and without a court order, a medical support order for a child shall be deemed satisfied with regard to the department, the child, the obligor,…

For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B , the order may require an obligor providing health care coverage for a child to also provide health care coverage for the benefit of an obligee if the obligee is eligible for enrollment under the plan in wh…

1. When a support order requires an obligor to provide coverage under a health benefit plan other than public coverage, the district court or the department may enter an ex parte order directing an employer to take all actions necessary to enroll an obligor’s dependent for covera…

1. When the order has been forwarded to the obligor’s employer pursuant to section 252E.4 , the order is binding on the employer and the employer’s insurer to the extent that the dependent is eligible to be enrolled in the plan under the applicable terms and conditions of the hea…

1. A child is eligible for medical support for the duration of the obligor’s child support obligation. However, the child’s eligibility for coverage under a health benefit plan shall be governed by all applicable plan provisions including, but not limited to, eligibility and insu…

1. An obligor may move to quash the order to the employer under section 252E.4 by following the same procedures and alleging a mistake of a fact as provided in section 252D.31 or as provided in subsection 2 . If child support services is enforcing an income withholding order and …

1. The entry of an order requiring a health benefit plan is authorization for enrollment of the dependent if the dependent is otherwise eligible to be enrolled. If the obligor fails to obtain coverage for a dependent, the insurer shall accept the signature of the obligee or other…

1. If an order for coverage under a health benefit plan has been forwarded pursuant to section 252E.5 , the obligor’s employer or insurer shall release to the obligee or other legal custodian of the child or the department, upon receiving a written request, the information necess…

1. For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B , an obligor who fails to maintain medical support for the benefit of the dependent as ordered shall be liable to the obligee or the department for any medical expenses incurred from the date of the court…

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Child” means a person who is less than age eighteen or a person who is age eighteen but less than age nineteen and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner …

1. In any case in which child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B and paternity is at issue, proceedings may be initiated by child support services pursuant to this chapter for the sole purpose of establishing paternity and any accrued or accruing chil…

1. Child support services may prepare a notice of alleged paternity and support debt to be served on a party if the mother of the child or a government official with knowledge of the circumstances of possible paternity relying on government records provides a written statement to…

1. If each party fails to respond to the initial notice within twenty days after the date of service of the notice or fails to appear at a conference pursuant to section 252F.3 on the scheduled date of the conference, and paternity has not been contested and each party fails to t…

1. Actions initiated under this chapter are not subject to contested case proceedings or further review pursuant to chapter 17A . 2. An action under this chapter may be certified to the district court if a party timely contests paternity establishment or paternity test results, o…

Following issuance of an order by the department, the order shall be presented to an appropriate district court judge for review and approval. Unless a defect appears on the face of the order, the district court shall approve the order. Upon approval by the district court judge, …

Upon the filing of an order with the district court pursuant to this chapter , the clerk of the district court shall report the information from the order to the state registrar of vital statistics in the manner provided in section 600B.36 . 93 Acts, ch 79, §20 ; 2001 Acts, ch 24…

1. A putative father or other party may waive the time limitations established in this chapter . 2. If a party does not contest paternity or wish to request a conference or court hearing on the issue of support, upon receipt of a signed statement from the putative father and any …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Business day” means a day on which state offices are open for regular business. 2. “Child support services” means child support services created in section 252B.2 . 3. “Compensation” means payment owed by the pa…

Child support services shall establish a centralized employee registry database for the purpose of receiving and maintaining information on newly hired or rehired employees from employers. Child support services shall establish the database and the department may adopt rules in c…

1. Beginning January 1, 1994, an employer who hires or rehires an employee on or after January 1, 1994, shall report the hiring or rehiring of the employee to the centralized employee registry in accordance with one of the following time frames: a. Within fifteen days of the hiri…

1. a. A payor of income to whom section 252G.3 is inapplicable, who enters into an agreement for the performance of services with a contractor, shall report the contractor to the registry. Payors of income shall report contractors performing labor under an agreement within fiftee…

The records of the centralized employee registry are confidential records pursuant to sections 22.7 and 252B.9 , and may be accessed only by state agencies as provided in this section and section 252B.9 . When a state agency accesses information in the registry, the agency may us…

1. The registry shall maintain the information received from employers for a minimum period of six months. 2. State agencies accessing the centralized registry shall participate in a proportionate cost sharing to defray the administrative costs of the registry. The amount of a st…

Child support services shall enter new hire data into the centralized employee directory database within five business days of receipt from employers and shall transmit the records of the centralized employee registry to the national directory of new hires within three business d…

Within two business days after the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered into the centralized employee registry and matched with obligors in cases being enforced by child support services, child support services shall transmit a notice to the employer or pa…

This chapter is intended to provide a means for state compliance with Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act , as amended, requiring states to provide procedures for the review and adjustment of support orders being enforced under Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Ac…

1. Pursuant to section 598.21C , any administrative or court order resulting from an action initiated under this chapter may be made retroactive only from three months after the date that all parties were successfully served the notice required under section 252H.14A , 252H.15 , …

This chapter does not prohibit or affect the ability or right of a parent or the parent’s attorney to file a modification action at the parent’s own initiative. If a modification action is filed by a parent concerning an order for which an action has been initiated but has not ye…

A support order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for review and adjustment under this subchapter : 1. The support order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of adjustment. 2. The support order provides for the ongoing support of at leas…

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…