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

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…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Account” means “account” as defined in section 524.103 , the savings or deposits of a member received or being held by a credit union, or certificates of deposit. “Account” also includes deposits held by an agen…

1. Notwithstanding other statutory provisions which provide for the execution, attachment, or levy against accounts, child support services may utilize the process established in this chapter to collect delinquent support payments provided that any exemptions or exceptions which …

Child support services or the district court may include language in any new or modified support order issued on or after July 1, 1994, notifying the obligor that the obligor is subject to the provisions of this chapter . However, this chapter is sufficient notice for implementat…

1. Child support services may contact a financial institution to obtain verification of the account number, the names and social security numbers listed for the account, and the account balance of any account held by an obligor. Contact with a financial institution may be by tele…

1. If an obligor is subject to this chapter under section 252I.2 , child support services may initiate an administrative action to levy against the accounts of the obligor. 2. Child support services may send a notice to the financial institution with which the account is placed, …

1. Child support services may administratively initiate an action to seize accounts of an obligor who is subject to this chapter under section 252I.2 . 2. Child support services shall notify an obligor subject to this chapter , and any other party known to have an interest in the…

Upon receipt of a notice under section 252I.5 , the financial institution shall do all of the following: 1. Immediately encumber funds in all accounts in which the obligor has an interest to the extent of the debt indicated in the notice from child support services. 2. No sooner …

1. Challenges under this chapter may be initiated only by an obligor or by an account holder of interest. Actions initiated by child support services under this chapter are not subject to chapter 17A , and resulting court hearings following certification shall be an original hear…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by child support services certifying that the named individual is not in compliance with any of the following: a. A support order. b. A written agreement f…

1. Notwithstanding other statutory provisions to the contrary, and if an individual has not been cited for contempt and enjoined from engaging in the activity governed by a license pursuant to section 598.23A , child support services may utilize the process established in this ch…

Child support services shall proceed in accordance with this chapter only if child support services sends a notice to the individual by regular mail to the last known address of the individual. The notice shall include all of the following: 1. The address and telephone number of …

1. The individual may schedule a conference with child support services following mailing of the notice pursuant to section 252J.3 , or at any time after service of notice of suspension, revocation, denial of issuance, or nonrenewal of a license from a licensing authority, to cha…

1. If an obligor is subject to this chapter as established in section 252J.2, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , the obligor and child support services may enter into a written agreement for payment of support and compliance which takes into consideration the obligor’s ability to pay…

1. If an obligor is not in compliance with a support order or the individual is not in compliance with a subpoena or warrant pursuant to section 252J.2 , child support services mails a notice to the individual pursuant to section 252J.3 , and the individual requests a conference …

1. If the individual fails to respond to the notice of potential license sanction provided pursuant to section 252J.3 or child support services issues a written decision under section 252J.6 which states that the individual is not in compliance, child support services shall issue…

1. A licensing authority shall maintain records of licensees by name, current known address, and social security number. 2. In addition to other grounds for suspension, revocation, or denial of issuance or renewal of a license, a licensing authority shall include in rules adopted…

1. Following the issuance of a written decision by child support services under section 252J.6 which includes the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance, or following provision of notice to the individual by a licensing authority pursuant to section 252J.8 , an individual may…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act” . 2015 Acts, ch 110, §1 C2016, §252K.101 Former §252K.101 transferred to §252K.102

In this chapter : 1. “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual’s parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. 2. “Child support ord…

1. Child support services when child support services establishes or modifies an order, upon ratification by the court, and the court, are the tribunals of this state. 2. Child support services created in section 252B.2 is the support enforcement agency of this state. 97 Acts, ch…

1. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. 2. This chapter does not do either of the following: a. Provide the exclusive method of establi…

1. A tribunal of this state shall apply articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, article 7 , to a support proceeding involving any of the following: a. A foreign support order. b. A foreign tribunal. c. An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. 2. A tribunal of…

1. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if any of the following applies: a. The individua…

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction…

Under this chapter , a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country. 97 Acts, ch 175, §127 ; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §8

1. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following apply: a. The petition or comparable pleading in this st…

1. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is controlling and any of the following applies: a. At the time of the …

1. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce any of the following: a. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been …