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IA Code § 252B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.4 - Nonassistance cases.

252B.4 Nonassistance cases.   1. The child support and paternity determination services established by the department pursuant to this chapter and other appropriate services provided by law including but not limited to the provisions of chapters 239B, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 598, and 600B shall be made available by the unit to an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient upon application by the individual for the services or upon referral as described in subsection 4. The application shall be filed with the department.   2. The director may collect a fee to cover the costs incurred by the department for service of process, genetic testing and court costs if the entity providing the service charges a fee for the services.   3. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be considered repayment receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes of the unit. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of the fees collected and expended.   4. The unit shall also provide child support and paternity determination services and shall respond as provided in federal law for an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient if the unit receives a request from any of the following:   a. A child support agency.   b. A foreign country as defined in chapter 252K.  [C77, 79, 81, §252B.4]  83 Acts, ch 153, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §101, 102; 93 Acts, ch 78, §6, 7; 93 Acts, ch 79, §37; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §39; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §27 – 29  ; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §143, 151  ; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §118; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §55; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §84; 2019 Acts, ch 112, §1  Referred to in §252B.2, 252H.5
IA Code § 252B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.6 - Additional services in assistance cases.

252B.6 Additional services in assistance cases.   In addition to the services enumerated in section 252B.5, the unit may provide the following services in the case of a dependent child for whom public assistance is being provided:   1. Represent the state in obtaining a support order necessary to meet the child’s needs or in enforcing a similar order previously entered.   2. Represent the state’s interest in obtaining support for a child in dissolution of marriage and separate maintenance proceedings, or proceedings supplemental to these proceedings or any other support proceedings, when either or both of the parties to the proceedings are receiving public assistance, for the purpose of advising the court of the financial interest of the state in the proceeding.   3. Appear on behalf of the state for the purpose of facilitating the modification of support awards consistent with guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B, and Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. The unit shall not otherwise participate in the proceeding.   4. Apply to the district court or initiate an administrative action, as necessary, to obtain, enforce, or modify support.   5. Initiate necessary civil proceedings to recover from the parent of a child, money expended by the state in providing public assistance or services to the child, including support collection services.  [C77, 79, 81, §252B.6]  83 Acts, ch 153, §17; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §6, 7; 97 Acts, ch 175, §34, 46; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180  Referred to in §252B.1, 252B.2
IA Code § 252B.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.7 - Legal services.

252B.7 Legal services.   1. The attorney general may perform the legal services for the child support recovery program and may enforce all laws for the recovery of child support from responsible relatives. The attorney general may file and prosecute:   a. Contempt of court proceedings to enforce any order of court pertaining to child support.   b. Cases under chapter 252A, the support of dependents law.   c. An information charging a violation of section 726.3, 726.5 or 726.6.   d. Any other lawful action which will secure collection of support for minor children.   2. For the purposes of subsection 1, the attorney general has the same power to commence, file and prosecute any action or information in the proper jurisdiction, which the county attorney could file or prosecute in that jurisdiction. This section does not relieve a county attorney from the county attorney’s duties, or the attorney general from the supervisory power of the attorney general, in the recovery of child support.   3. The unit may contract with a county attorney, the attorney general, a clerk of the district court, or another person or agency to collect support obligations and to administer the child support program established pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding section 13.7, the unit may contract with private attorneys for the prosecution of civil collection and recovery cases and may pay reasonable compensation and expenses to private attorneys for the prosecution services provided.   4. An attorney employed by or under contract with the child support recovery unit represents and acts exclusively on behalf of the state when providing child support enforcement services. An attorney-client relationship does not exist between the attorney and an individual party, witness, or person other than the state, regardless of the name in which the action is brought.  [C77, 79, 81, §252B.7]  83 Acts, ch 153, §18; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §8; 97 Acts, ch 175, §36, 47  Referred to in §252B.20A, 252H.4, 600B.41A
IA Code § 252B.7B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.7B - Informational materials provided by the unit.

252B.7B Informational materials provided by the unit.   1. The unit shall prepare and make available to the public, informational materials which explain the unit’s procedures including, but not limited to, procedures with regard to all of the following:   a. Accepting applications for services.   b. Locating individuals.   c. Establishing paternity.   d. Establishing support.   e. Enforcing support.   f. Modifying, suspending, or reinstating support.   g. Terminating services.   2. The informational materials shall include general information about and descriptions of the processes involved relating to the services provided by the unit including application for services, fees for services, the responsibilities of the recipient of services, resolution of disagreements with the unit, rights to challenge the actions of the unit, and obtaining additional information.  97 Acts, ch 175, §38
IA Code § 252B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.8 - Central information center.

252B.8 Central information center.   The department shall establish within the unit an information and administration coordinating center which shall serve as a registry for the receipt of information and for answering interstate inquiries concerning absent parents and shall coordinate and supervise unit activities. The information and administration coordinating center shall promote cooperation between the unit and law enforcement agencies to facilitate the effective operation of the unit.  [C77, 79, 81, §252B.8]
IA Code § 252B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.10 - Criminal penalties.

252B.10 Criminal penalties.   1. Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain paternity determination and support collection data available under section 252B.9 under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate such data to any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes, communicates or seeks to communicate paternity determination and support collection data except in accordance with this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.   2. Any reasonable grounds for belief that a public employee has violated any provision of this chapter shall be grounds for immediate removal from all access to paternity determination and support collection data available through or recorded under section 252B.9.  [C77, 79, 81, §252B.10]  97 Acts, ch 175, §40
IA Code § 252B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.11 - Recovery of costs of collection services.

252B.11 Recovery of costs of collection services.   The unit may initiate necessary civil proceedings to recover the unit’s costs of support collection services provided to an individual, whether or not the individual is a public assistance recipient, from an individual who owes and is able to pay a support obligation but willfully fails to pay the obligation. The unit may seek a lump sum recovery of the unit’s costs or may seek to recover the unit’s costs through periodic payments which are in addition to periodic support payments. If the unit’s costs are recovered from an individual owing a support obligation, the costs shall not be deducted from the amount of support money received from the individual. The costs collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department for use by the unit. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of funds so retained.  83 Acts, ch 153, §19; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §103
IA Code § 252B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.12 - Jurisdiction over nonresidents.

252B.12 Jurisdiction over nonresidents.   In an action to establish paternity or to establish or enforce a child support obligation, or to modify a support order, a nonresident person is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as specified in section 252K.201.  84 Acts, ch 1242, §1; 97 Acts, ch 175, §48
IA Code § 252B.13A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.13A - Collection services center.

252B.13A Collection services center.   1. The department shall establish within the unit a collection services center for the receipt and disbursement of support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1 as required for orders by section 252B.14. For purposes of this section, support payments do not include attorney fees, court costs, or property settlements. The center may also receive and disburse surcharges as provided in section 252B.23.   2. a. The collection services center shall meet the requirements for a state disbursement unit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §654b, section 252B.14, and this section by October 1, 1999.   b. Prior to October 1, 1999, the department and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for implementation of the state disbursement unit requirement. The agreement shall include, but is not limited to, provisions for all of the following:   (1) Coordination with the state case registry created in section 252B.24.   (2) The receipt and disbursement of income withholding payments for orders not receiving services from the unit pursuant to section 252B.14, subsection 4.   (3) The transmission of information, orders, and documents, and access to information.   (4) Furnishing, upon request, timely information on the current status of support payments as provided in 42 U.S.C. §654b(b)(4), in a manner consistent with state law.   (5) The notification of payors of income to direct income withholding payments to the collection services center as provided in section 252B.14, subsection 4.  90 Acts, ch 1224, §9; 91 Acts, ch 177, §2; 93 Acts, ch 79, §39, 40; 97 Acts, ch 175, §41, 243; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §56, 57  Referred to in §252B.5, 252B.9, 252B.15, 252D.17, 252D.20, 602.8102(47C)
IA Code § 252B.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.14 - Support payments — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — clerk of the district court.

252B.14 Support payments — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — clerk of the district court.   1. For the purposes of this section, “support order” includes any order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, 600B, or any other support chapter or proceeding which establishes support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1.   2. For support orders being enforced by the child support recovery unit, support payments made pursuant to the order shall be directed to and disbursed by the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K.   3. With the exception of support payments to which subsection 2 or 4 applies, support payments made pursuant to an order shall be directed to and disbursed by the clerk of the district court in the county in which the order for support is filed. The clerk of the district court may require the obligor to submit payments by bank draft or money order if the obligor submits an insufficient funds support payment to the clerk of the district court.   4. For a support order to which subsection 2 does not apply, regardless of the terms of the support order directing or redirecting the place of payment, support payments made through income withholding by a payor of income as provided in chapter 252D shall be directed to and disbursed by the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. The judicial branch and the department shall develop and implement a plan to notify payors of income of this requirement and the effective date of the requirement applicable to the respective payor of income.   5. If the collection services center is receiving and disbursing payments pursuant to a support order, but the unit is not providing other services under Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, or if the order is not being enforced by the unit, the parties to that order are not considered to be receiving services under this chapter.   6. Payments to persons other than the clerk of the district court or the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K, do not satisfy the support obligations created by a support order or judgment, except as provided for in sections 598.22 and 598.22A.  86 Acts, ch 1246, §316; 87 Acts, ch 228, §31; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §10; 91 Acts, ch 177, §3; 93 Acts, ch 79, §41; 97 Acts, ch 175, §42, 43; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §4; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §86  Referred to in §8B.32, 252B.13A, 252D.17, 421.17, 598.22, 598.22A, 598.22B, 642.23  Crediting of support payments ordered on or after July 1, 1985; §598.22A
IA Code § 252B.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.15 - Processing and disbursement of support payments.

252B.15 Processing and disbursement of support payments.   1. The collection services center shall notify the clerk of the district court of any order for which the child support recovery unit is providing enforcement services. The clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made pursuant to the order, along with any support payment information, to the collection services center. Unless the agreement developed pursuant to section 252B.13A otherwise provides, the clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made and any support payment information provided through income withholding pursuant to chapter 252D, to the collection services center. The collection services center shall process and disburse the payment in accordance with federal requirements.   2. Unless otherwise provided under federal law, if it is possible to identify the support order to which a payment is to be applied and if sufficient information is provided to identify the obligee, a payment received by the collection services center or the clerk of the district court shall be disbursed to the appropriate individual or office within two working days in accordance with section 598.22.   3. If the collection services center receives an incorrectly submitted payment, the collection services center shall promptly return the payment to the sender and, if known, provide information about where to send the payment.   4. Chapter 556 shall not apply to payments received by the collection services center.  90 Acts, ch 1224, §11; 91 Acts, ch 177, §4; 93 Acts, ch 79, §42; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1119, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §87  Referred to in §252B.6A
IA Code § 252B.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.16 - Transfer of support order processing responsibilities — ongoing procedures.

252B.16 Transfer of support order processing responsibilities — ongoing procedures.   1. For a support order being processed by the clerk of the district court, upon notification that the unit is providing enforcement services related to the order, the clerk of the district court shall immediately transfer the responsibility for the disbursement of support payments received pursuant to the order to the collection services center.   2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to ensure that the affected parties are notified that the support payment disbursement responsibilities have been transferred to the collection services center from the clerk of the district court. The rules shall include a provision requiring that a notice shall be sent by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligee and the obligor. The issuance of notice to the obligor is the equivalent of a court order requiring the obligor to direct payment to the collection services center for disbursement.   3. Once the responsibility for receiving and disbursing support payments has been transferred from a clerk of the district court to the collection services center, the responsibility shall remain with the collection services center even if the child support recovery unit is no longer providing enforcement services, unless redirected by court order. However, the responsibility for receiving and disbursing income withholding payments shall not be redirected to a clerk of the district court.   4. As provided in sections 252K.307 and 252K.319, the unit may issue and file with the clerk of the district court, a notice redirecting support payments to a comparable government entity responsible for the processing and disbursement of support payments in another state. The unit shall send a copy of the notice by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligor and obligee and, where applicable, shall notify the payor of income to make payments as specified in the notice. The issuance and filing of the notice is the equivalent of a court order redirecting support.  86 Acts, ch 1246, §316; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §12; 91 Acts, ch 177, §5; 93 Acts, ch 79, §43; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §6; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §88  Referred to in §598.22B
IA Code § 252B.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.17 - Admissibility and identification of support payment records.

252B.17 Admissibility and identification of support payment records.   Copies of support payment records maintained by the collection services center, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of the center, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be admitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence of the transactions. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying the record or the authenticity of the person’s signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee of the collection services center is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or order directing that person to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the district court.  86 Acts, ch 1246, §316
IA Code § 252B.17A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.17A - Imaging or photographic copies — originals destroyed.

252B.17A Imaging or photographic copies — originals destroyed.   1. If the unit, in the regular course of business or activity, has recorded or received any memorandum, writing, entry, print, document, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, event, or communication from any source, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, electronic imaging, electronic data processing, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for accurately and legibly reproducing an unaltered image or reproduction of the original, the original may be destroyed. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original recording, copy, or reproduction is in existence and available for inspection. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.   2. The electronically imaged, copied, or otherwise reproduced record or document maintained or received by the unit, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of the unit, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified. Certified documents are deemed to have been imaged or copied or otherwise reproduced accurately and unaltered in the regular course of business, and such documents are admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding as evidence. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying the record or authenticity of the person’s signature shall not be required. Whenever the unit or an employee of the unit is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or order directing production of such records, the unit or employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the record certified as described above to the district court.  97 Acts, ch 175, §44
IA Code § 252B.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.18 - Child support advisory committee — established — duties.

252B.18 Child support advisory committee — established — duties. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §393.