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IA Code § 252K.611 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.611 - Modification of child support order of another state.

252K.611 Modification of child support order of another state.   1. If section 252K.613 does not apply, upon petition or comparable pleading, a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state which is registered in this state if after notice and hearing the tribunal finds that paragraph “a” or “b” applies:   a. The following requirements are met:   (1) Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state.   (2) A movant who is a nonresident of this state seeks modification.   (3) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state.   b. This state is the state of residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this state to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.   2. Modification of a registered child support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.   3. A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized under section 252K.207 establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable.   4. In a proceeding to modify a child support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor’s fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of this state.   5. On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state modifying a child support order issued in another state, the tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.   6. Notwithstanding subsections 1 through 5 and section 252K.201, subsection 2, a tribunal of this state retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this state if both of the following apply:   a. One party resides in another state.   b. The other party resides outside the United States.  97 Acts, ch 175, §171; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §53  Referred to in §252K.201, 252K.610, 252K.615
IA Code § 252K.612 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.612 - Recognition of order modified in another state.

252K.612 Recognition of order modified in another state.   If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter, a tribunal of this state:   1. May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification.   2. May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification.   3. Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.  97 Acts, ch 175, §172; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §54
IA Code § 252K.613 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.613 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.

252K.613 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.   1. If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.   2. A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of articles 1 and 2, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.  97 Acts, ch 175, §173  Referred to in §252K.610, 252K.611
IA Code § 252K.614 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

252K.614 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.   Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.  97 Acts, ch 175, §174
IA Code § 252K.615 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.615 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.

252K.615 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.   1. Except as otherwise provided in section 252K.711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 252K.611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.   2. An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §55  Referred to in §252K.201
IA Code § 252K.616 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.616 - Procedures to register child support order of foreign country for modification.

252K.616 Procedures to register child support order of foreign country for modification.   A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under sections 252K.601 through 252K.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition or comparable pleading for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §56
IA Code § 252K.701 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.701 - Definitions.

252K.701 Definitions.   In this article:   1. “Application” means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.   2. “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in section 252K.102, subsection 5, paragraph “d”, to perform the functions specified in the convention.   3. “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in section 252K.102, subsection 5, paragraph “d”.   4. “Direct request” means a petition for support filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or a child residing outside the United States.   5. “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in section 252K.102, subsection 5, paragraph “d”, to perform the functions specified in the convention.   6. “Foreign support agreement”:   a. Means an agreement for support in a record that:   (1) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin.   (2) Has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal.   (3) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal.   b. “Foreign support agreement” includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention.   7. “United States central authority” means the secretary of the United States department of health and human services.  97 Acts, ch 175, §175; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §57
IA Code § 252K.702 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.702 - Applicability.

252K.702 Applicability.   This article applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this article is inconsistent with articles 1 through 6, this article controls.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §58
IA Code § 252K.703 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.703 - Relationship of child support recovery unit to United States central authority.

252K.703 Relationship of child support recovery unit to United States central authority.   The child support recovery unit of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §59
IA Code § 252K.704 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.704 - Initiation by child support recovery unit of support proceeding under convention.

252K.704 Initiation by child support recovery unit of support proceeding under convention.   1. In a support proceeding under this article, the child support recovery unit of this state shall:   a. Transmit and receive applications.   b. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.   2. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:   a. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.   b. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.   c. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.   d. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 252K.708, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, “d”, or “i”.   e. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.   f. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.   3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:   a. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.   b. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.   c. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.   4. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §60  Referred to in §252K.708
IA Code § 252K.705 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.705 - Direct request.

252K.705 Direct request.   1. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.   2. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 252K.706 through 252K.713 apply.   3. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement:   a. A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses.   b. An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.   4. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the child support recovery unit.   5. This article does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §61
IA Code § 252K.706 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.706 - Registration of convention support order.

252K.706 Registration of convention support order.   1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in article 6.   2. Notwithstanding section 252K.311 and section 252K.602, subsection 1, a request for registration of a convention support order must be accompanied by:   a. A complete text of the support order.   b. A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country.   c. If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal.   d. A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated.   e. A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations.   f. If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.   3. A request for registration of a convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.   4. A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a convention support order without the filing of a contest under section 252K.707 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   5. The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a convention support order.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §62  Referred to in §252K.602, 252K.705, 252K.708
IA Code § 252K.707 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.707 - Contest of registered convention support order.

252K.707 Contest of registered convention support order.   1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, sections 252K.605 through 252K.608 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order.   2. A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty days after notice of the registration.   3. If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered convention support order by the time specified in subsection 2, the order is enforceable.   4. A contest of a registered convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in section 252K.708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.   5. In a contest of a registered convention support order, a tribunal of this state:   a. Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction.   b. May not review the merits of the order.   6. A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.   7. A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §63  Referred to in §252K.605, 252K.705, 252K.706
IA Code § 252K.708 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.708 - Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.

252K.708 Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.   1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order.   2. The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order:   a. Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard.   b. The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with section 252K.201.   c. The order is not enforceable in the issuing country.   d. The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure.   e. A record transmitted in accordance with section 252K.706 lacks authenticity or integrity.   f. A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed.   g. The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state.   h. Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part.   i. In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country, any of the following is applicable:   (1) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard.   (2) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal.   j. The order was made in violation of section 252K.711.   3. If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention support order under subsection 2, paragraph “b”, “d”, or “i”:   a. The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order.   b. The child support recovery unit shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 252K.704.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §64  Referred to in §252K.704, 252K.705, 252K.707, 252K.711
IA Code § 252K.709 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.709 - Partial enforcement.

252K.709 Partial enforcement.   If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §65  Referred to in §252K.705
IA Code § 252K.710 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.710 - Foreign support agreement.

252K.710 Foreign support agreement.   1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.   2. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:   a. A complete text of the foreign support agreement.   b. A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.   3. A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   4. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds any of the following:   a. Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy.   b. The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification.   c. The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state.   d. The record submitted under subsection 2 lacks authenticity or integrity.   5. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §66  Referred to in §252K.705
IA Code § 252K.711 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.711 - Modification of convention child support order.

252K.711 Modification of convention child support order.   1. A tribunal of this state may not modify a convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless any of the following applies:   a. The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity.   b. The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.   2. If a tribunal of this state does not modify a convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, section 252K.708, subsection 3, applies.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §67  Referred to in §252K.615, 252K.705, 252K.708
IA Code § 252K.712 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.712 - Personal information — limit on use.

252K.712 Personal information — limit on use.   Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §68  Referred to in §252K.705
IA Code § 252K.713 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252K - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT|Section 252K.713 - Record in original language — English translation.

252K.713 Record in original language — English translation.   A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.  2015 Acts, ch 110, §69  Referred to in §252K.705