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Terms Used In Iowa Code 598.2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
598.2 Jurisdiction and venue.
The district court has original jurisdiction of the subject matter of this chapter. Venue shall be in the county where either party resides.
[C51, §1480; R60, §2532; C73, §2220; C97, §3171; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10468; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, §598.1; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §598.2]