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Terms Used In Iowa Code 598.21G

  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
598.21G Minor parent — parenting classes.
In any order or judgment entered under this chapter or chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F,
or 600B, or under any other chapter which provides for temporary or permanent support payments, if the parent ordered to pay support is less than eighteen years of age, one of the following shall apply:
1. If child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court or the department of health and human services shall order the parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes which are approved by the department of health and human services.
2. If child support services is not providing services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court may order the parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes which are approved by the court.
2005 Acts, ch 69, §45; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §152; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1237
Referred to in §598.21B
Section amended