SF 223 (LSB 1064SV (3) 86)

RELATING TO SUPPORT OF THE POOR BY CERTAIN RELATIVES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 252.13, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   252.13  Recovery by county.
   1.  Any county having expended money for the assistance or support of a poor person under this chapter, may recover the money from any of the following as follows:  
   a.  From  1.  If the poor person is living, from the person if the person becomes able, or from the person’s estate.
   b.  From relatives by action brought within two years from the payment of the assistance or support.
   c.  From the poor person by action brought within two years after the person becomes able.
   d.  From  2.  a.  If the poor person is deceased, from the person’s estate, by filing the claim as provided by law.
   2.  b.  There shall be allowed against the person’s estate a claim of the sixth class for that portion of the liability to the county which exceeds the total amount of all claims of the first through the fifth classes, inclusive, as defined in section 633.425, which are allowed against that estate.
    Sec. 2.  Section 600B.1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   600B.1  Obligation of parents.

   The parents of a child born out of wedlock and not legitimized (in this chapter referred to as “the child”) owe the child necessary maintenance, education, and support. They are also liable for the child’s funeral expenses. The father is also liable to pay the expense of the mother’s pregnancy and confinement. The obligation of the parent to support the child under the laws for the support of poor relatives applies to children born out of wedlock.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Sections 252.2, 252.3, 252.4, 252.5, 252.6, 252.7, 252.8, 252.9, and 252.15, Code 2015, are repealed.

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PAM JOCHUM

President of the Senate

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KRAIG PAULSEN

Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 223, Eighty-sixth General Assembly.

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MICHAEL E. MARSHALL

Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2015

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD

Governor