Iowa Code 252B.13A – Collection services center
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1. The department shall establish within child support services a collection services center for the receipt and disbursement of support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1 as required for orders by section 252B.14. For purposes of this section, support payments do not include attorney fees, court costs, or property settlements. The center may also receive and disburse surcharges as provided in section 252B.23.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252B.13A
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age or a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252B.1
- Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 252B.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. a. The collection services center shall meet the requirements for a state disbursement unit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 654b, section 252B.14, and this section by October 1, 1999.
b. Prior to October 1, 1999, the department and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for implementation of the state disbursement unit requirement. The agreement shall include, but is not limited to, provisions for all of the following:
(1) Coordination with the state case registry created in section 252B.24.
(2) The receipt and disbursement of income withholding payments for orders not receiving services from child support services pursuant to section 252B.14, subsection 4.
(3) The transmission of information, orders, and documents, and access to information.
(4) Furnishing, upon request, timely information on the current status of support payments as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 654b(b)(4), in a manner consistent with state law.
(5) The notification of payors of income to direct income withholding payments to the collection services center as provided in section 252B.14, subsection 4.