Iowa Code 252K.201 – Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
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1. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if any of the following applies:
a. The individual is personally served with notice within this state.
b. The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction.
c. The individual resided with the child in this state.
d. The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child.
e. The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual.
f. The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse.
g. The individual asserted parentage of a child in the declaration of paternity registry maintained in this state by the department of health and human services pursuant to section 144.12A or established paternity by affidavit under section 252A.3A.
h. There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252K.201
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- 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
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.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
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- 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.
- 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
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection 1 or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 252K.611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 252K.615 are met.