Iowa Code 252J.5 – Written agreement
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1. If an obligor is subject to this chapter as established in section 252J.2, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, the obligor and child support services may enter into a written agreement for payment of support and compliance which takes into consideration the obligor’s ability to pay and other criteria established by rule of the department. The written agreement shall include all of the following:
a. The method, amount, and dates of support payments by the obligor.
b. A statement that upon breach of the written agreement by the obligor, child support services shall issue a certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252J.5
- Certificate of noncompliance: means a document provided by child support services certifying that the named individual is not in compliance with any of the following:a. See Iowa Code 252J.1
- 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 support services: means child support services created in section 252B. See Iowa Code 252J.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
- Licensing authority: means a county treasurer, county recorder or designated depositary, the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing an individual to register or operate a motor vehicle or to engage in a business, occupation, profession, recreation, or industry. See Iowa Code 252J.1
- Obligor: means a natural person as defined in section 252G. See Iowa Code 252J.1
- Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
- Support: means support or support payments as defined in section 252D. See Iowa Code 252J.1
- Support order: means an order for support issued pursuant to chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of the district court or certified to child support services. See Iowa Code 252J.1
2. A written agreement entered into pursuant to this section does not preclude any other remedy provided by law and shall not modify or affect an existing support order.3. Following issuance of a certificate of noncompliance, if the obligor enters into a written agreement with child support services, child support services shall issue a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority and shall forward a copy of the withdrawal by regular mail to the obligor.