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Terms Used In Iowa Code 598B.304

  • 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.
  • 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
598B.304 Temporary visitation.
1. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing any of the following:
a. A visitation schedule made by a court of another state.
b. The visitation provisions of a child-custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.
2. If a court of this state makes an order under subsection 1, paragraph “”b””, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in article II. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.
99 Acts, ch 103, §26