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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 252D.1, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 1 4 requires, "support" or "support payments" means any amount 1 5 which the court may require a person to pay for the benefit of 1 6 a child under a temporary order or a final judgment or decree, 1 7 and may include child support, maintenance, medical support as 1 8 defined in chapter 252E, and, if contained in a child support 1 9 order, spousal support, and any other term used to describe 1 10 these obligations. These obligations may include support for 1 11 a child who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two 1 12 years and who is regularly attending an accredited school in 1 13 pursuance of a course of study leading to a high school 1 14 diploma or its equivalent, or regularly attending a course of 1 15 vocational technical training either as a part of a regular 1 16 school program or under special arrangements adapted to the 1 17 individual person's needs,or is, in good faith, a full-time1 18student in a college, university, or community college, or has1 19been accepted for admission to a college, university, or1 20community college and the next regular term has not yet begun;1 21 and may include support for a child of any age who is 1 22 dependent on the parties to the dissolution proceedings 1 23 because of physical or mental disability. 1 24 Sec. 2. Section 598.1, subsection 6, Code 1997, is amended 1 25 to read as follows: 1 26 6. "Support" or "support payments" means an amount which 1 27 the court may require either of the parties to pay under a 1 28 temporary order or a final judgment or decree, and may include 1 29 alimony, child support, maintenance, and any other term used 1 30 to describe these obligations. For orders entered on or after 1 31 July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise, 1 32 medical support is not included in the monetary amount of 1 33 child support. The obligations may include support for a 1 34 child who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two years 1 35 who is regularly attending an accredited school in pursuance 2 1 of a course of study leading to a high school diploma or its 2 2 equivalent, or regularly attending a course of vocational- 2 3 technical training either as a part of a regular school 2 4 program or under special arrangements adapted to the 2 5 individual person's needs;,or is, in good faith, a full-time2 6student in a college, university, or community college; or has2 7been accepted for admission to a college, university, or2 8community college and the next regular term has not yet begun;2 9 or a child of any age who is dependent on the parties to the 2 10 dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental 2 11 disability. 2 12 Sec. 3. Section 598.21, Code 1997, is amended by adding 2 13 the following new subsection: 2 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. Notwithstanding any provision of law 2 15 to the contrary, the court may modify an order for child 2 16 support if a party requests modification and the order was 2 17 entered prior to July 1, 1997, and included a provision for 2 18 payment of expenses for postsecondary education for a child 2 19 between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two. 2 20 EXPLANATION 2 21 This bill removes the provision that a support obligation 2 22 may include support for a child who is between the ages of 18 2 23 and 22 and is in good faith a full-time student in a college, 2 24 university, or community college, or has been accepted for 2 25 admission to one of these institutions for the next regular 2 26 term. 2 27 The bill also provides that the inclusion in an order 2 28 entered prior to July 1, 1997, of payment for postsecondary 2 29 education of a child between the ages of 18 and 22 is grounds 2 30 for modification of an order entered prior to July 1, 1997, if 2 31 a party requests modification. 2 32 LSB 1438YH 77 2 33 pf/jw/5
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