598.21G - MINOR PARENT -- PARENTING CLASSES. - Iowa Statutes

598.21G MINOR PARENT -- PARENTING CLASSES. In any order or judgment entered under this chapter or chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, or 600B, or under any other chapter which provides for temporary or permanent support payments, if the parent ordered to pay support is less than eighteen years of age, one of the following shall apply: 1. If the child support recovery unit is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court, or the administrator as defined in section 252C.1, shall order the parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes which are approved by the department of human services. 2. If the child support recovery unit is not providing services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court may order the parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes which are approved by the court.          Section History: Recent Form 2005 Acts, ch 69, §45; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §152 Referred to in § 598.21B