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Terms Used In Iowa Code 600B.11

  • Child: includes child by adoption. 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
600B.11 Nonresident complainant.
It is not a bar to the jurisdiction of the court, that the complaining mother or child resides in another state.
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§675.11]
C93, §600B.11