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IA Code § 252B.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.21 - Administrative seek employment orders.

252B.21 Administrative seek employment orders.   1. For any support order being enforced by the unit, the unit may enter an ex parte order requiring the obligor to seek employment if employment of the obligor cannot be verified and if the obligor has failed to make support payments. Advance notice is not required prior to entering the ex parte order. The order shall be served upon the obligor by regular mail, with proof of service completed as provided in  rule of civil procedure 1.442  . The unit shall file a copy of the order with the clerk of the district court.   2. The order to seek employment shall contain directives, including all of the following:   a. That the obligor seek employment within a determinate amount of time.   b. That the obligor file with the unit on a weekly basis a report of at least five new attempts to find employment or of having found employment. The report shall include the names, addresses, and the telephone numbers of any employers or businesses with whom the obligor attempted to seek employment and the name of the individual contact to whom the obligor made application for employment or to whom an inquiry was directed.   c. That failure to comply with the notice is evidence of a willful failure to pay support under section 598.23A.   d. That the obligor shall provide the child support recovery unit with verification of any reason for noncompliance with the order.   e. The duration of the order, not to exceed three months.   3. The department may establish additional criteria or requirements relating to seek employment orders by rule as necessary to implement this section.  93 Acts, ch 79, §26; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §19  Referred to in §252B.6A, 598.23A
IA Code § 252B.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.22 - Liens — motor vehicle registration — task force.

252B.22 Liens — motor vehicle registration — task force.   1. The child support recovery unit created in this chapter shall establish a task force to assist in the development and implementation of all of the following:   a. The filing of notices of liens and actions to release liens.   b. The process for delaying the renewal of a motor vehicle registration due to a support delinquency and recommendations for additional statutory changes to the general assembly.   2. Members of the task force may include, but shall not be limited to, representatives, appointed by the respective entity, of the Iowa land title association, the Iowa realtors’ association, the Iowa state bar association, the Iowa county recorders’ association, the Iowa clerks of court association, the Iowa county treasurers’ association, the Iowa automobile dealers’ association, the Iowa bankers association, the Iowa recreational vehicle dealers’ association, the independent automobile dealers’ association of Iowa, the Iowa mortgage bankers’ association, the Iowa motorcycle association, the Iowa credit union league, department of administrative services, state department of transportation, the office of the secretary of state, the office of the state court administrator, and other constituency groups and agencies which have an interest in a statewide support lien index to the record liens. Appointments are not subject to sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled by the original appointment authority and in the manner of the original appointments.  97 Acts, ch 175, §201; 2000 Acts, ch 1125, §1, 4; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
IA Code § 252B.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.24 - State case registry.

252B.24 State case registry.   1. Beginning October 1, 1998, the unit shall operate a state case registry to the extent determined by applicable time frames and other provisions of 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section. The unit and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for the establishment and operation of the registry by the unit. The state case registry shall include records with respect to all of the following:   a. Unless prohibited by federal law, each case for which services are provided under this chapter.   b. Each order for support, as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1, which meets at least one of the following criteria:   (1) The support order is established or modified in this state on or after October 1, 1998.   (2) The income of the obligor is subject to income withholding under chapter 252D, including any support order for which the district court enters an ex parte order under chapter 252D on or after October 1, 1998.   2. The clerk of the district court shall provide the unit with any information, orders, or documents requested by the unit to establish or operate the state case registry, which are specified in the agreement described in subsection 1, within the time frames specified in that agreement. The agreement shall include but is not limited to provisions to provide for all of the following:   a. Provision to the unit of information, orders, and documents necessary for the unit to meet requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section.   b. Provision to the unit of information filed with the clerk of the district court by a party under section 598.22B, and the social security number of a child filed with the clerk of the district court under section 602.6111.   c. Use of automation, as appropriate, to meet the requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section.   3. The records of the state case registry are confidential records pursuant to chapter 22 and may only be disclosed or used as provided in section 252B.9.  98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §15; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §58, 59  Referred to in §252B.13A, 598.22B, 602.8102(47B)
IA Code § 252B.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.25 - Contempt — combining actions.

252B.25 Contempt — combining actions.   Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if an obligor has been ordered to provide support in more than one order, the unit may bring a single action for contempt to enforce the multiple orders. However, if the obligor objects to the consolidation of the actions regarding multiple orders into a single action for contempt, and the court determines that severance of the single action into multiple actions is in the interest of justice, the unit shall bring multiple actions for contempt to enforce the multiple orders. If the single action is brought and the obligor does not object, the unit shall file the action in the district court of a county where the obligor resides, or if the obligor does not reside in the state, in the district court of the county where at least one of the support orders was entered or registered. For the purposes of this section, the district court where the unit files the action shall have jurisdiction and authority over all other support orders for the obligor entered or registered by a court of this state and affected under this section. In such case, the unit shall also file a document with the clerk of court in each county affected specifying the county where the action under this section was filed and the disposition of the action.  2005 Acts, ch 112, §6
IA Code § 252B.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.26 - Service of process.

252B.26 Service of process.   Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the unit may serve a petition, notice, or rule to show cause under this chapter or chapter 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 252K, 598, or 665 as specified in each chapter, or as follows:   1. The unit may serve a petition, notice, or rule to show cause by certified mail. Return acknowledgment is required to prove service by certified mail,  rules of civil procedure 1.303(5)   and  1.308(5)   shall not apply, and the return acknowledgment shall be filed with the clerk of court.   2. The unit may serve a notice of intent under chapter 252H, or a notice of decision under section 252H.14A, upon any party or parent who is receiving family investment program assistance for the parent or child by sending the notice by regular mail to the address maintained by the department.  Rules of civil procedure 1.303(5)   and  1.308(5)   shall not apply and the unit shall file proof of service as provided in chapter 252H. If the notice is determined to be undeliverable, the unit shall serve the notice as otherwise provided in this section or by personal service.  2005 Acts, ch 112, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §142, 156; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §121, 123  Referred to in §252A.18, 252B.20A, 252H.14A
IA Code § 252B.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY|Section 252B.27 - Use of funding for additional positions.

252B.27 Use of funding for additional positions.   1. The director, within the limitations of the amount appropriated for the unit, or moneys transferred for this purpose from the family investment program account created in section 239B.11, may establish new positions and add employees to the unit if the director determines that both the current and additional employees together can reasonably be expected to maintain or increase net state revenue at or beyond the budgeted level for the fiscal year.   2. a. The director may establish new positions and add state employees to the unit or contract for delivery of services if the director determines the employees are necessary to replace county-funded positions eliminated due to termination, reduction, or nonrenewal of a chapter 28E contract. However, the director must also determine that the resulting increase in the state share of child support recovery incentives exceeds the cost of the positions or contract, the positions or contract are necessary to ensure continued federal funding of the unit, or the new positions or contract can reasonably be expected to recover at least twice the amount of money necessary to pay the salaries and support for the new positions or the contract will generate at least two hundred percent of the cost of the contract.   b. Employees in full-time positions that transition from county government to state government employment under this subsection are exempt from testing, selection, and appointment provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and from the provisions of collective bargaining agreements relating to the filling of vacant positions.  2005 Acts, ch 175, §120  Collective bargaining, see chapter 20  Section not amended; editorial change applied
IA Code § 252C.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.1 - Definitions.

252C.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the child support recovery unit of the department of human services, or the administrator’s designee.   2. “Caretaker” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person who is responsible for paying foster care costs pursuant to chapter 234 or whose needs are included in an assistance payment made pursuant to chapter 239B.   3. “Court order” means a judgment or order requiring the payment of a set or determinable amount of monetary support. For orders entered on or after July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise, medical support, as defined in section 252E.1, is not included in the amount of monetary support.   4. “Department” means the department of human services.   5. “Dependent child” means a person who meets the eligibility criteria established in chapter 234 or 239B and whose support is required by chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252F, 598, or 600B.   6. “Medical support” means medical support as defined in section 252E.1.   7. “Public assistance” means foster care costs paid by the department pursuant to chapter 234 or assistance provided pursuant to chapter 239B.   8. “Responsible person” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person legally liable for the support of a child or a child’s caretaker.  84 Acts, ch 1278, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §14, 15; 93 Acts, ch 79, §44; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §158, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §89; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §1, 10  Referred to in §252H.2, 598.21G
IA Code § 252C.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.5 - Filing and docketing of financial responsibility order — order effective as district court decree.

252C.5 Filing and docketing of financial responsibility order — order effective as district court decree.   1. A true copy of any order entered by the administrator pursuant to this chapter, along with a true copy of the return of service, if applicable, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court in the manner established pursuant to section 252C.4, subsection 1.   2. The administrator’s order shall be presented, ex parte, to the district court for review and approval. Unless defects appear on the face of the order or on the attachments, the district court shall approve the order. The approved order shall have all the force, effect, and attributes of a docketed order or decree of the district court.   3. Upon filing, the clerk shall enter the order in the judgment docket.   4. If the responsible party appeals the order approved by the court under this section, and the court on appeal establishes an amount of support which is less than the amount of support established under the approved order, the court, in the order issued on appeal, shall reconcile the amounts due and shall provide that any amount which represents the unpaid difference between the amount under the approved order and the amount under the order of the court on appeal is satisfied.  84 Acts, ch 1278, §5; 89 Acts, ch 179, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §504; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §23; 97 Acts, ch 175, §54  Referred to in §252C.3
IA Code § 252C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.6 - Interest on support debts.

252C.6 Interest on support debts.   Interest accrues on support debts at the rate provided in section 535.3 for court judgments. The administrator may collect the accrued interest but is not required to maintain interest balance accounts. The department may waive payment of the interest if the waiver will facilitate the collection of the support debt.  84 Acts, ch 1278, §6
IA Code § 252C.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.7 - Employers — assignments of earnings.

252C.7 Employers — assignments of earnings. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 175, §55.
IA Code § 252C.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.8 - Temporary restraining order or bond.

252C.8 Temporary restraining order or bond.   If the administrator reasonably believes that the responsible person is not a resident of this state, is about to move from this state, or is concealing the responsible person’s whereabouts, or that the responsible person has removed or is about to remove, secrete, waste, or otherwise dispose of property which could be made subject to collection procedures to satisfy the support debt, the administrator may petition the district court for a temporary restraining order barring the removal, secretion, waste, or disposal. However, if the responsible person furnishes a bond satisfactory to the court, the temporary restraining order shall be vacated.  84 Acts, ch 1278, §8
IA Code § 252C.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.9 - Prevailing orders.

252C.9 Prevailing orders. Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 79, §54.
IA Code § 252C.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.11 - Security for payment of support — forfeiture.

252C.11 Security for payment of support — forfeiture.   Upon entry of a court order or upon the failure of a person to make payments pursuant to a court order, the court may require the person to provide security, a bond, or other guarantee which the court determines is satisfactory to secure the payment of the support obligation. Upon the person’s failure to pay the support obligation under the court order, the court may declare the security, bond, or other guarantee forfeited.  85 Acts, ch 100, §2
IA Code § 252C.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES|Section 252C.12 - Waiver of time limitations by responsible person.

252C.12 Waiver of time limitations by responsible person.   1. A responsible person may waive the time limitations established in section 252C.3.   2. Upon receipt of a signed statement from each responsible person waiving the time limitations established in section 252C.3, the administrator may proceed to enter an order for support and the court may approve the order, whether or not the time limitations have expired.   3. If a responsible person waives the time limitations established in section 252C.3 and an order for support is entered under this chapter, the signed statement of the responsible person waiving the time limitations shall be filed with the order for support.  92 Acts, ch 1195, §205; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §161, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20
IA Code § 252D.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING|Section 252D.1 - Delinquent support payments.

252D.1 Delinquent support payments.   If support payments ordered under this chapter or chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country, as certified to the child support recovery unit established in section 252B.2, are not paid to the clerk of the district court or the collection services center pursuant to section 598.22 or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K, and become delinquent in an amount equal to the payment for one month, the child support recovery unit may enter an ex parte order or, upon application of a person entitled to receive the support payments, the district court may enter an ex parte order, notifying the person whose income is to be withheld, of the delinquent amount, of the amount of income to be withheld, and of the procedure to file a motion to quash the order for income withholding, and ordering the withholding of specified sums to be deducted from the delinquent person’s income as defined in section 252D.16 sufficient to pay the support obligation and, except as provided in section 598.22, requiring the payment of such sums to 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. All income withholding payments shall be paid to the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. Notification of income withholding shall be provided to the obligor and to the payor of income pursuant to section 252D.17.  84 Acts, ch 1239, §1; 85 Acts, ch 100, §3; 85 Acts, ch 178, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1191, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1421; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §317, 323; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §24; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §120; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §104; 93 Acts, ch 78, §10; 93 Acts, ch 79, §45; 97 Acts, ch 175, §56; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §57; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §92  Referred to in §252D.3
IA Code § 252D.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING|Section 252D.3 - Notice of income withholding.

252D.3 Notice of income withholding.   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 section 252D.1 without any further notice.  84 Acts, ch 1239, §3; 85 Acts, ch 100, §4; 97 Acts, ch 175, §57; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §8
IA Code § 252D.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING|Section 252D.8 - Persons subject to immediate income withholding.

252D.8 Persons subject to immediate income withholding.   1. In a support order issued or modified on or after November 1, 1990, for which services are being provided by the child support recovery unit, and in any support orders issued or modified after January 1, 1994, for which services are not provided by the child support recovery unit, the income of a support obligor is subject to withholding, on the effective date of the order, regardless of whether support payments by the obligor are in arrears. If services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, the child support recovery unit may enter an ex parte order for an immediate withholding of income. The district court may enter an ex parte order for immediate income withholding for cases in which the child support recovery unit is not providing services. The income of the obligor is subject to immediate withholding unless one of the following occurs:   a. One of the parties demonstrates and the court or child support recovery unit finds there is good cause not to require immediate withholding. A finding of good cause shall be based on, at a minimum, written findings and conclusions by the court or administrative authority as to why implementing immediate withholding would not be in the best interests of the child. In cases involving modifications, the findings shall also include proof of timely payment of previously ordered support.   b. A written agreement is reached between both parties which provides for an alternative arrangement. If the support payments have been assigned to the department of human services pursuant to chapter 234 or 239B, or a comparable statute of another jurisdiction, the department shall be considered a party to the support order, and a written agreement pursuant to this section to waive immediate withholding is void unless approved by the child support recovery unit. Any agreement existing at the time an assignment of support is made pursuant to chapter 234 or 239B or pursuant to a comparable statute of another jurisdiction shall not prevent the child support recovery unit from implementing immediate withholding.   2. For an order not requiring immediate withholding, income of an obligor is subject to immediate withholding, without regard to whether there is an arrearage, on the earliest of the following:   a. The date the obligor requests that the withholding begin.   b. The date the custodial parent or party to the proceeding requests that the withholding begin, if the request is approved by the district court or, in cases in which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, if the child support recovery unit approves the request.  90 Acts, ch 1123, §1; 93 Acts, ch 78, §11; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §24; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32  Referred to in §252D.31
IA Code § 252D.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING|Section 252D.9 - Sums subject to immediate withholding.

252D.9 Sums subject to immediate withholding.   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 shall not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b).  90 Acts, ch 1123, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §206; 97 Acts, ch 175, §58