Iowa Code 252H.12 – Support orders subject to review and adjustment
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A support order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for review and adjustment under this subchapter:
1. The support order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of adjustment.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252H.12
- 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: means a child as defined in section 252B. See Iowa Code 252H.2
- 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
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Review: means an objective evaluation conducted through a proceeding before a court, administrative body, or an agency, of information necessary for the application of a state's mandatory child support guidelines to determine:(1) The appropriate monetary amount of support. See Iowa Code 252H.2
- State: means "state" as defined in chapter 252K. See Iowa Code 252H.2
- Support order: means an order for support issued pursuant to this chapter, chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of court or certified to child support services. See Iowa Code 252H.2
2. The support order provides for the ongoing support of at least one child under the age of eighteen or a child between the ages of eighteen and nineteen who has not yet graduated from high school but who is reasonably expected to graduate from high school before attaining the age of nineteen.3. Child support services is providing enforcement services for the ongoing support obligation pursuant to chapter 252B.