Iowa Code 252E.13 – Modification of support order
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1. Subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1738B, when high potential for obtaining medical support exists, the obligee or the department may petition for a modification of the obligor‘s support order to include medical support or a monetary amount for medical support pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252E.13
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- 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, which includes but is not limited to child support services, or any comparable support enforcement agency of another state. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Medical support: means either the provision of health care coverage or the payment of cash medical support. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Obligee: means a parent or another natural person legally entitled to receive a support payment on behalf of a child. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Obligor: means a parent or another natural person legally responsible for the support of a dependent. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Order: means a support order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 252K, 598, 600B, or any other support chapter, or pursuant to a comparable statute of another state or foreign country, or an ex parte order entered pursuant to section 252E. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Party: means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter. See Iowa Code 252A.2
2. In addition, if a support order does not provide medical support as defined in this chapter or equivalent medical support, the department or a party to the order may seek a modification of the order.
3. Subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1738B, the department may amend information concerning the provisions regarding health benefits in a court or administrative order if notice of the amendment is provided to the court and to the parties to the order and if the amendment is filed with the clerk of court.