Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title X - Support Recovery › Chapter 95 - Collections › Rule 441-95.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Bureau chief"
shall mean the chief of the
				  bureau of collections of the department of human services or the bureau chief's
				  designee.
"Caretaker"
shall mean a custodial parent,
				  relative or guardian whose needs are included in an assistance grant paid
				  according to Iowa Code chapter 239B, or who is receiving this assistance on
				  behalf of a dependent child, or who is a recipient of nonassistance child
				  support services.
"Child support recovery unit"
shall mean any
				  person, unit, or other agency which is charged with the responsibility for
				  providing or assisting in the provision of child support enforcement services
				  pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
"Current support"
shall mean those payments
				  received in the amount, manner and frequency as specified by an order for
				  support and which are paid to the clerk of the district court, the public
				  agency designated as the distributor of support payments as in interstate
				  cases, or another designated agency. Payments to persons other than the clerk
				  of the district court or other designated agency do not satisfy the definition
				  of support pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  598.22.
"Date of collection"
shall mean the date
				  that a support payment is received by the department or the legal entity of any
				  state or political subdivision actually making the collection, or the date that
				  a support payment is withheld from the income of a responsible person by an
				  employer or other income provider, whichever is earlier.
"Department"
shall mean the department of
				  human services.
"Dependent child"
shall mean a person who
				  meets the eligibility criteria established in Iowa Code chapter 234 or 239B,
				  and whose support is required by Iowa Code chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252C, 252F,
				  252H, 252K, 598 or 600B, and any other comparable chapter.
"Obligee"
shall mean any person or entity
				  entitled to child support or medical support for a child.
"Obligor"
shall mean a parent, relative or
				  guardian, or any other designated person who is legally liable for the support
				  of a child or a child's caretaker.
"Prepayment"
shall mean payment toward an
				  ongoing support obligation when the payment exceeds the current support
				  obligation and amounts due for past months are fully paid.
"Public assistance"
shall mean assistance
				  provided according to Iowa Code chapter 239B or 249A, the cost of foster care
				  provided by the department according to chapter 234, or assistance provided
				  under comparable laws of other states.
"Responsible person"
shall mean a parent,
				  relative or guardian, or any other designated person who is or may be declared
				  to be legally liable for the support ofa child or a child's caretaker. For the
				  purposes of calculating a support obligation pursuant to the mandatory child
				  support guidelines prescribed by the Iowa Supreme Court in accordance with Iowa
				  Code section 598.21B, this shall mean the
				  person from whom support is sought.
"Support"
shall mean child support or
				  medical support or both for purposes of establishing, modifying or enforcing
				  orders, and spousal support for purposes of enforcing an order.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapters 252B,
				  252C and 252D.