Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 252I - Support Payments &Mdash; Levies Against Accounts

• Account: means "account" as defined in section 524. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• 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 252I.1
• clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• Court order: means "support order" as defined in section 252J. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Credit union: means "credit union" as defined in section 533. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Financial institution: means "financial institution" as defined in 42 U. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• 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
• Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Obligor: means a person who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to pay support. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Party: means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• support payments: means "support" or "support payments" as defined in section 252D. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• Working days: means only Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but excluding the holidays specified in section 1C. See Iowa Code 252I.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1