SF 2183 (LSB 5629SV (1) 88)

SENATE FILE 2183

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2059)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a child’s standing to pursue the child’s interest in a postsecondary education subsidy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 598.21F, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Modification of decree.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, when the court retains jurisdiction over a dissolution of marriage following the issuance of a decree that includes the ordering of a postsecondary education subsidy or otherwise retains such jurisdiction to address a postsecondary education subsidy, a child affected by the ordering of a postsecondary education subsidy who is fourteen years of age or older shall have standing to file a petition to modify the decree in order to pursue the child’s legally enforceable interest in a postsecondary education subsidy.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that when a court retains jurisdiction over a dissolution of marriage following the issuance of a decree that includes the ordering of a postsecondary education subsidy or otherwise retains such jurisdiction to address a postsecondary education subsidy, a child affected by the ordering of a postsecondary education subsidy who is 14 years of age or older shall have standing to file a petition to modify the decree in order to pursue the child’s legally enforceable interest in a postsecondary education subsidy.