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2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.10 - Notice of immediate income withholding.

252D.10 Notice of immediate income withholding.
An order for support entered after November 1, 1990, shall contain the notice of immediate income withholding. However, this subchapter is sufficient notice for implementation of immediate income withholding without any further notice.
90 Acts, ch 1123, §3; 97 Acts, ch 175, §59; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.16 - Definitions.

252D.16 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Income” means all of the following:
a. Any periodic form of payment due an individual, regardless of source, including but not limited to wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers’ compensation, disability payments, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and interest.
b. A sole payment or lump sum as provided in section 252D.18C, including but not limited to payment from an estate including inheritance, or payment for personal injury or property damage.
c. Irregular income as defined in section 252D.18B.
2. “Payor of income” or “payor” means and includes, but is not limited to, an obligor’s employer, trustee, the state of Iowa and all governmental subdivisions and agencies and any other person from whom an obligor receives income.
3. “Support” or “support payments” means any amount which the court or administrative agency may require a person to pay for the benefit of a child under a temporary order or a final judgment or decree entered under chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other comparable chapter, and may include child support, maintenance, medical support as defined in chapter 252E, spousal support, and any other term used to describe these obligations. These obligations may include support for a child of any age who is dependent on the parties to the dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental disability. The obligations may include support for a child eighteen or more years of age with respect to whom a child support order has been issued pursuant to the laws of another state or foreign country. These obligations shall not include amounts for a postsecondary education subsidy as defined in section 598.1.
97 Acts, ch 175, §60; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §93
Referred to in §8B.32, 84A.5, 252B.1, 252B.13A, 252B.14, 252B.24, 252D.1, 252D.16A, 252I.1, 252J.1, 627.11, 627.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.16A - Income withholding order — child support recovery unit.

252D.16A Income withholding order — child support recovery unit.
If support payments are ordered under this chapter, chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country, and if income withholding relative to such support payments is allowed under this chapter, the child support recovery unit may enter an ex parte order notifying the person whose income is to be withheld of the procedure to file a motion to quash the order for income withholding, and ordering the withholding of sums to be deducted from the delinquent person’s income as defined in section 252D.16 sufficient to pay the support obligation and requiring the payment of such sums to the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. The child support recovery unit shall include the amount of any delinquency and the amount to be withheld in the notice provided to the obligor pursuant to section 252D.17A. Notice of income withholding shall be provided to the obligor and to the payor of income pursuant to sections 252D.17 and 252D.17A.
2006 Acts, ch 1119, §3, 11; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §94
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.17A - Notice to obligor of implementation of income withholding order.

252D.17A Notice to obligor of implementation of income withholding order.
The child support recovery unit or the district court shall send a notice of the income withholding order to the obligor at the time the notice is sent to the payor of income.
97 Acts, ch 175, §62
Referred to in §252D.16A, 252D.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.18 - Modification or termination of withholding.

252D.18 Modification or termination of withholding.
1. The court or the child support recovery unit may, by ex parte order, modify a previously entered income withholding order if the court or the unit determines any of the following:
a. There has been a change in the amount of the current support obligation.
b. The amount required to be withheld under the income withholding order is in error.
c. Any past due support debt has been paid in full. Should a delinquency later accrue, the withholding order may be modified to secure payment toward the delinquency.
d. There has been a change in the rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A regarding the amount of income to be withheld to pay a delinquency.
2. The child support recovery unit may modify an amount specified in an income withholding order or notice of income withholding by providing notice to the payor of income and the obligor pursuant to sections 252D.17 and 252D.17A.
3. The court or the child support recovery unit may, by ex parte order, terminate an income withholding order when the current support obligation has terminated and when the delinquent support obligation has been fully satisfied as applicable to all of the children covered by the income withholding order. The unit may, by ex parte order, terminate an income withholding order when the unit will no longer be providing services under chapter 252B, or when another state or foreign country will be providing services under Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act or a comparable law in a foreign country.
4. In no case shall payment of overdue support be the sole basis for termination of withholding.
90 Acts, ch 1123, §8; 91 Acts, ch 177, §6; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §106; 93 Acts, ch 78, §13; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §44; 2006 Acts, ch 1119, §5, 11; 2011 Acts, ch 67, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §96
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.18A - Multiple income withholding orders — amounts withheld by payor.

252D.18A Multiple income withholding orders — amounts withheld by payor.
When the obligor is responsible for paying more than one support obligation and the payor of income has received more than one income withholding order or notice of an order for the obligor, the payor shall withhold amounts in accordance with all of the following:
1. The total of all amounts withheld shall not exceed the amounts specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b). For orders or notices issued by the child support recovery unit, the limit for the amount to be withheld shall be specified in the order or notice.
2. As reimbursement for the payor’s processing costs, the payor may deduct a fee of no more than two dollars for each payment withheld in addition to the amount withheld for support.
3. Priority shall be given to the withholding of current support rather than delinquent support. The payor shall not allocate amounts withheld in a manner which results in the failure to withhold an amount for one or more of the current support obligations.
a. To arrive at the amount to be withheld for each obligee, the payor shall total the amounts due for current support under the income withholding orders and the notices of orders and determine the proportionate share for each obligee. The proportionate share shall be determined by dividing the amount due for current support for each order or notice of order by the total due for current support for all orders and notices of orders. The results are the percentages of the obligor’s net income which shall be withheld for each obligee.
b. If, after completing the calculation in paragraph “a”, the withholding limit specified under subsection 1 has not been attained, the payor shall total the amounts due for arrearages and determine the proportionate share for each obligee. The proportionate share amounts shall be established utilizing the procedures established in paragraph “a” for current support obligations.
4. The payor shall identify and report payments by the obligor’s name, account number, amount, and date withheld pursuant to section 252D.17. If payments for multiple obligees are combined, the portion of the payment attributable to each obligee shall be specifically identified only if the payor is directed to do so by the child support recovery unit.
93 Acts, ch 78, §14; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §12, 13; 97 Acts, ch 175, §63, 64; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §9; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §1, 2; 2009 Acts, ch 15, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.18B - Irregular income.

252D.18B Irregular income.
When payment of income is irregular, and an order for immediate or mandatory income withholding has been entered by the child support recovery unit or the district court, the income payor shall withhold income equal to the total that would have been withheld had there been regular monthly income. The amounts withheld shall not exceed the amounts specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b). For the purposes of this section, an income source is irregular when there are periods in excess of one month during which the income payor makes no payment to the obligor and the periods are not the result of termination or suspension of employment.
93 Acts, ch 78, §15
Referred to in §252D.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.18C - Withholding from lump sum payments.

252D.18C Withholding from lump sum payments.
The child support recovery unit or the district court may enter an ex parte order for income withholding when the obligor is paid by a lump sum income source. When a sole payment is made or payment occurs at two-month or greater intervals, the withholding order may include all current and delinquent support due through the current month, but shall not exceed the amounts specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b).
93 Acts, ch 78, §16
Referred to in §252D.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.19A - Disparity between order and pay dates — not delinquent.

252D.19A Disparity between order and pay dates — not delinquent.
1. An obligor whose support payments are automatically withheld from the obligor’s paycheck shall not be delinquent or in arrears if all of the following conditions are met:
a. Any delinquency or arrearage is caused solely by a disparity between the schedules of the obligor’s regular pay dates and the scheduled date the support is due.
b. The amount calculated to be withheld is such that the total amount of current support to be withheld from the paychecks of the obligor and the amount ordered to be paid in the support order are the same on an annual basis.
c. The automatic deductions for support are continuous and occurring.
2. If the unit takes an enforcement action during a calendar year against an obligor and the obligor is not delinquent or in arrears solely due to the applicability of this section to the obligor, upon discovering the circumstances, the unit shall promptly discontinue the enforcement action.
97 Acts, ch 175, §65
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.20 - Administration of income withholding procedures.

252D.20 Administration of income withholding procedures.
The child support recovery unit is designated as the entity of the state to administer income withholding in accordance with the procedures specified for keeping adequate records to document, track, and monitor support payments on cases subject to Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. The collection services center is designated as the entity for administering income withholding for cases which are not subject to Tit. IV-D. The collection services center’s responsibilities for administering income withholding in cases not subject to Tit. IV-D are limited to the receipt, recording, and disbursement of income withholding payments and to responding to requests for information on the current status of support payments pursuant to section 252B.13A. Notwithstanding section 622.53, in cases where the court or the child support recovery unit is enforcing an order of another state or foreign country through income withholding, a certified copy of the underlying judgment is sufficient proof of authenticity.
90 Acts, ch 1123, §10; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §404; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §97
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.21 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

252D.21 Penalty for misrepresentation.
A person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to secure an income withholding order or notice of income withholding against another person and to receive support payments or additional support payments pursuant to this chapter, is guilty, upon conviction, of a serious misdemeanor.
90 Acts, ch 1123, §11; 97 Acts, ch 175, §66
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.23 - Filing of withholding order — order effective as district court order.

252D.23 Filing of withholding order — order effective as district court order.
An income withholding order entered by the child support recovery unit pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the clerk of the district court. In lieu of any signature on the order which may otherwise be required by law or rule, the order shall have affixed the name and address of the appropriate child support office. For the purposes of demonstrating compliance by the payor of income, the copy of the withholding order or the notice of the order received, whether or not the copy of the order is file-stamped, shall have all the force, effect, and attributes of a docketed order of the district court including, but not limited to, availability of contempt of court proceedings against a payor of income for noncompliance. However, any information contained in the income withholding order or the notice of the order related to the amount of the accruing or accrued support obligation which does not reflect the correct amount of support due does not modify the underlying support judgment.
92 Acts, ch 1195, §207; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §25; 95 Acts, ch 52, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §14; 97 Acts, ch 175, §67; 99 Acts, ch 127, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.24 - Applicability to support orders of other jurisdictions.

252D.24 Applicability to support orders of other jurisdictions.
1. An income withholding order may be entered to enforce a support order of another state or foreign country. That support order may be entered and filed with the clerk of the district court at the time the income withholding order is entered. Entry of the support order of another state or foreign country under this subsection does not constitute registration of the order.
2. Income withholding for a support order issued by another state or foreign country is governed by chapter 252K and this chapter, as appropriate.
93 Acts, ch 78, §17; 97 Acts, ch 175, §71; 2005 Acts, ch 112, §11; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §98
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.25 - Limitations on scope of proceedings.

252D.25 Limitations on scope of proceedings.
1. Issues related to visitation, custody, or other provisions not related to the support provisions of a support order are not grounds for a motion to quash, revoke, suspend, or stay a withholding order.
2. Support orders shall not be modified under a motion to quash a withholding order.
93 Acts, ch 78, §18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.30 - Ex parte order — provisions for medical support.

252D.30 Ex parte order — provisions for medical support.
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 implementation of provision for dependent coverage under a health benefit plan pursuant to chapter 252E.
93 Acts, ch 78, §19
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 252D.31 - Motion to quash.

252D.31 Motion to quash.
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, which for purposes of this chapter means an error in the amount withheld or the amount of the withholding or the identity of the obligor.
b. For immediate withholding only, the conditions for exception to immediate income withholding as defined under section 252D.8 existed at the time of implementation of the withholding.
2. The clerk of the district court shall schedule a hearing on the motion to quash for a time not later than seven days after the filing of the motion to quash and the notice of the motion to quash. The clerk shall mail to the parties copies of the motion to quash, the notice of the motion to quash, and the order scheduling the hearing.
3. The payor shall withhold and transmit the amount specified in the order or notice of the order of income withholding to the clerk of the district court or the collection services center or a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K, as appropriate, until the notice that a motion to quash has been granted is received.
97 Acts, ch 175, §68; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §99
Referred to in §252E.6A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.2 - Order for medical support.

252E.2 Order for medical support.
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 shall be governed by all applicable terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, eligibility and insurability standards. The dependent, if eligible, shall be provided the same coverage as the obligor.
2. An insurer who is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as codified in 29 U.S.C. §1169, shall provide benefits in accordance with that section which meet the requirements of a qualified medical child support order. For the purposes of this subsection “qualified medical child support order” means and includes a medical child support order as defined in 29 U.S.C. §1169, or a child support order which creates or recognizes the existence of a child’s right to, or assigns to a child the right to, receive benefits for which a participant or child is eligible under a group health plan or a notice of such an order issued by the department, and which specifies the following:
a. The name and the last known mailing address of the participant and the name and mailing address of each child covered by the order except that, to the extent provided in the order, the name and mailing address of an official of the department may be substituted for the mailing address of the child.
b. A reasonable description of the type of coverage to be provided to each child, or the manner in which the type of coverage is to be determined.
c. The period during which the coverage applies.
3. The obligor shall take all actions necessary to enroll and maintain coverage under a health benefit plan for a dependent at the obligor’s present and all future places of employment.
4. A medical support order of another state or foreign country may be entered or filed with the clerk of the district court. However, entry of such a medical support order under this subsection does not constitute registration of that medical support order.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §26; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §506; 93 Acts, ch 78, §21; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §26; 97 Acts, ch 175, §73; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §32; 2000 Acts, ch 1096, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §4; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §101; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §5, 10
Referred to in §252E.4, 252E.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.2A - Satisfaction of medical support order.

252E.2A Satisfaction of medical support order.
This section shall apply if the child support recovery unit 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, and the obligee for the period during which all of the following conditions are met:
a. The order is issued under any applicable chapter of the Code.
b. The unit is notified that the conditions of paragraph “c” are met and the parent ordered to provide medical support submits a written statement to the unit that the requirements of paragraph “c” are met.
c. The parent ordered to provide medical support meets at least one of the following conditions:
(1) The parent is an inmate of an institution under the control of the department of corrections or a comparable institution in another state.
(2) The parent’s monthly child support obligation under the guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B is the minimum obligation amount.
(3) The parent is a recipient of assistance under chapter 239B or 249A, or under comparable laws of another state.
(4) The parent is residing with any child for whom the parent is legally responsible and that child is a recipient of assistance under chapter 239B, 249A, or 514I, or under comparable laws of another state. For purposes of this subparagraph, “legally responsible” means the parent has a legal obligation to the child as specified in
Iowa court rule 9.7
of the child support guidelines.
d. The unit files a notice of satisfaction with the clerk of the district court. The effective date of the satisfaction shall be stated in the notice and the effective date shall be no later than forty-five days after the unit issues the notice of satisfaction.
2. If a medical support order is satisfied under subsection 1, the satisfaction shall continue until all of the following apply:
a. The unit is notified that none of the conditions specified in subsection 1, paragraph “c”, still applies.
b. The unit files a satisfaction termination notice that the requirements for a satisfaction under this section no longer apply. The effective date shall be stated in the satisfaction termination notice and the effective date shall be no later than forty-five days after the unit issues the satisfaction termination notice.
3. The unit shall mail a copy of the notice of satisfaction and the satisfaction termination notice to the last known address of the obligor and obligee.
4. The department of human services may match data for enrollees of the hawk-i program created pursuant to chapter 514I with data of the unit to assist the unit in implementing this section.
5. An order, decree, or judgment entered or pending on or before July 1, 2009, that provides for the support of a child may be satisfied as provided in this section.
2007 Acts, ch 218, §165, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §15 – 18, 20
Referred to in §252E.1A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.3 - Health care coverage of obligee.

252E.3 Health care coverage of obligee.
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 which the child or the obligor is enrolled, and if coverage for the obligee is available at no additional cost.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §27; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §6, 10
Referred to in §252E.1, 252E.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.4 - Order to employer.

252E.4 Order to employer.
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 coverage under a health benefit plan or may include the provisions in an ex parte income withholding order or notice of income withholding pursuant to chapter 252D. The child support recovery unit, where appropriate, shall issue a national medical support notice to an employer within two business days after the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered into the centralized employee registry and matched with a noncustodial parent in the case being enforced by the unit, or upon receipt of other employment information for such parent. The department may amend the information in the ex parte order or may amend or terminate the national medical support notice regarding health insurance provisions if necessary to comply with health insurance requirements including but not limited to the provisions of section 252E.2, subsection 2, or to correct a mistake of fact.
2. The obligee, district court, or department may forward either the support order containing the provision for coverage under a health benefit plan or the ex parte order provided for in subsection 1 to the obligor’s employer.
3. This chapter shall be constructive notice to the obligor of enforcement and further notice prior to enforcement is not required.
4. The order requiring coverage is binding on all future employers or insurers if the dependent is eligible to be enrolled in the health benefit plan under the applicable plan terms and conditions.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §28; 93 Acts, ch 78, §22; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §24; 97 Acts, ch 175, §74; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §166, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §7, 10
Referred to in §252E.1, 252E.5, 252E.6A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.6 - Duration of health benefit plan coverage.

252E.6 Duration of health benefit plan coverage.
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 insurability standards.
2. For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, the department shall notify the employer when there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect for which the department is responsible. However, termination of medical support ordered pursuant to section 252E.3 shall be governed by the insurer’s health benefit plan provisions for termination and by applicable federal law.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §30; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.6A - Motion to quash.

252E.6A Motion to quash.
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 the unit is enforcing an income withholding order and a medical support order simultaneously, any challenge to the income withholding order and medical support enforcement shall be filed and heard simultaneously.
2. The obligor may allege as a mistake of fact an error in the availability of dependent coverage under the health benefit plan because the coverage is not accessible to the dependent. Even if the plan is not accessible as defined in section 252E.1, the court may determine that the plan is substantially accessible if the obligee demonstrates that the dependent may receive a benefit under the plan. Section 252K.316 relating to evidence and procedure shall apply to the court proceeding.
3. The employer shall comply with the requirements of this chapter until the employer receives notice that a motion to quash has been granted, or that the unit has amended or terminated the national medical support notice.
97 Acts, ch 175, §75; 2002 Acts, ch 1018, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.7 - Insurer authorization.

252E.7 Insurer authorization.
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 legal custodian of the child or of an employee of the department on the application for enrollment of the dependent under the health benefit plan. If the dependent is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in the plan pursuant to the applicable terms and conditions of the health benefit plan and the standard enrollment guidelines of the insurer, the insurer shall allow enrollment of the dependent at any time, notwithstanding any enrollment season restrictions.
2. An insurer shall not deny enrollment of a child under the health benefit plan of the obligor based on any of the following:
a. The child was born out of wedlock.
b. The child is not claimed as a dependent on the obligor’s federal income tax form.
c. The child does not reside with the obligor or in the insurer’s service area.
3. For purposes of processing claims for payment, the insurer shall accept the signature of the obligee or other legal custodian of the child or of an employee of the department as valid authorization for purposes of processing any medical expense claims on behalf of the dependent for payment or reimbursement of medical services rendered to the dependent.
4. The insurer shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed for actions taken in implementing this section including, but not limited to, the insurer’s release of any information, or the payment of any claims for services by the insurer, or the insurer’s acceptance of applications for enrollment of the dependent and medical expense claims for the dependent which are signed by the obligee or an employee of the department pursuant to this section.
5. If a dependent has coverage under the health benefit plan of and through the insurer of the obligor, the insurer shall make payment directly to the obligee, the provider, or the department for claims submitted by the obligee, by the provider with the obligee’s approval, or by the department.
6. Payments remitted to the obligor by the insurer for services received by the dependent shall be recoverable by the obligee or the department from the obligor if not properly paid by the obligor to the provider or the obligee.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §31; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.8 - Releases of information.

252E.8 Releases of information.
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 necessary to complete an application, to file a claim for medical expenses of the dependent or to create a qualified medical child support order pursuant to section 252E.2, subsection 2.
2. The employer or insurer shall make available to the obligee or the department any necessary claim forms or enrollment membership cards if required to obtain services.
3. The obligor’s employer and insurer shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed for any information released by such employer or insurer pursuant to this chapter.
4. The department may release to the obligor’s employer or insurer or to the obligee information necessary to obtain, enforce, and collect medical support.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §32; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §29
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.9 - Responsibilities of the obligor.

252E.9 Responsibilities of the obligor.
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 order. Proof of failure to maintain medical support constitutes a showing of increased need and provides a basis for the establishment of a monetary amount for medical support.
2. For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, the obligor shall notify the obligee and the department within ten days of a change in the terms or conditions of coverage under a health benefit plan. Such changes may include, but are not limited to, a change in deductibles, coinsurance, preadmission notification requirements, coverage for dental, optical, office visits, prescription drugs, inpatient and outpatient hospitalization, and any other changes which materially affect the coverage. Costs incurred by the obligee or the department as a result of the obligor’s failure to provide notification as required are recoverable from the obligor.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §33
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.11 - Assignment.

252E.11 Assignment.
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 §249A.54, 252A.13, 598.21C, 598.34, 600B.38
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.13 - Modification of support order.

252E.13 Modification of support order.
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. In addition, if a support order does not provide medical support as defined in this chapter or equivalent medical support, the department or a party to the order may seek a modification of the order.
3. Subject to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, the department may amend information concerning the provisions regarding health benefits in a court or administrative order if notice of the amendment is provided to the court and to the parties to the order and if the amendment is filed with the clerk of court.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §37; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §30; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §25; 97 Acts, ch 175, §76
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.15 - Rulemaking authority — compliance.

252E.15 Rulemaking authority — compliance.
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 federal funds in conformity with provisions of this chapter and Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §39; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252E - MEDICAL SUPPORT › Section 252E.16 - Scope and effect.

252E.16 Scope and effect.
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 entered prior to July 1, 1990, but did not comply with the order, insurers are not liable for medical expenses incurred prior to July 1, 1990. However, such an order may be implemented pursuant to the provisions of this chapter following its enactment. This chapter shall not be implemented retroactively; however, previous orders for medical support not otherwise complied with may be reduced to a dollar amount and collected from the obligor.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §40; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §8, 10