House File 2295

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                                       BY  HUSER


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to juvenile court jurisdiction over child support
  2    orders.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.4, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    232.4  JURISDICTION == SUPPORT OBLIGATION.
  1  4    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
  1  5 and for the purposes of establishing a parental liability
  1  6 obligation for a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
  1  7 court, a support obligation shall be established pursuant to
  1  8 section 234.39.
  1  9    2.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the
  1 10 contrary, if a support order has been entered under chapter
  1 11 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 598, or 600B, or any other chapter of
  1 12 the Code, and the juvenile court removes a child from the
  1 13 custody of the custodial parent, the juvenile court may
  1 14 suspend any support payments ordered paid to the custodial
  1 15 parent for the time period that the child is not in the
  1 16 custody of the custodial parent.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill relates to juvenile court jurisdiction over child
  1 19 support orders.
  1 20    If a child support order has been entered pursuant to Code
  1 21 chapter 252A, 252C, 252F, 598, or 600B, the bill provides that
  1 22 the juvenile court may suspend support payments to be paid
  1 23 pursuant to such an order if the juvenile court removes the
  1 24 child from the custody of the custodial parent.
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