IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
252H.9 - FILING AND DOCKETING OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT OR MODIFICATION ORDER -- ORDER EFFECTIVE AS DISTRICT COURT ORDER.
252H.9 FILING AND DOCKETING OF ADMINISTRATIVE
ADJUSTMENT OR MODIFICATION ORDER -- ORDER EFFECTIVE AS DISTRICT COURT
ORDER.
1. If timely request for a court hearing is not made pursuant to
section 252H.8, the unit shall prepare and present an administrative
order for adjustment or modification, as applicable, for review and
approval, ex parte, to the district court where the order to be
adjusted or modified is filed. Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, if more than one support order exists involving children
with the same legally established parents, for the purposes of this
subsection, the district court reviewing and approving the matter
shall have jurisdiction over all other support orders entered by a
court of this state and affected under this subsection.
2. For orders to which subchapter II or III is applicable, the
unit shall determine the appropriate amount of the child support
obligation using the current child support guidelines established
pursuant to section 598.21B and the criteria established pursuant to
section 252B.7A and shall determine the provisions for medical
support pursuant to chapter 252E.
3. The administrative order prepared by the unit shall specify
all of the following:
a. The amount of support to be paid and the manner of
payment.
b. The name of the custodian of any child for whom support is
to be paid.
c. The name of the parent ordered to pay support.
d. The name and birth date of any child for whom support is
to be paid.
e. That the property of the responsible person is subject to
collection action, including but not limited to wage withholding,
garnishment, attachment of a lien, and other methods of execution.
f. Provisions for medical support.
g. If applicable, the order determined to be the controlling
order.
h. If applicable, the amount of delinquent support due based
upon the receipt of social security disability payments as provided
in sections 598.22 and 598.22C.
4. Supporting documents as described in section 252H.8,
subsection 5, may be presented to the court with the administrative
order, as applicable.
5. Unless defects appear on the face of the order or on the
attachments, the district court shall approve the order. Upon
filing, the approved order shall have the same force, effect, and
attributes of an order of the district court.
6. Upon filing, the clerk of the district court shall enter the
order in the judgment docket and judgment lien index.
7. A copy of the order shall be sent by regular mail within
fourteen days after filing to each parent's last known address, or if
applicable, to the last known address of the parent's attorney.
8. The order is final, and action by the unit to enforce and
collect upon the order, including arrearages and medical support, or
both, may be taken from the date of the entry of the order by the
district court. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 78, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §101; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §38;
2002 Acts, ch 1018, §13; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §24; 2007 Acts, ch 218,
§148, 156