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House Journal: Page 1616: Monday, April 28, 1997

13.  Page 120, by striking lines 1 through 12 and inserting the
following:  "the residence of the minor child to a location
which is one hundred fifty miles or more from the residence of
the minor child at the time that custody was awarded, the court
may consider the relocation a substantial change in
circumstances.  If the court determines that the relocation is a
substantial change in circumstances,".
14.  Page 125, by inserting after line 15 the following:
"The clerk of the district court in the county in which the
order for support is filed and to whom support payments are made
pursuant to the order may require the person obligated to pay
support to submit payments by bank draft or money order if the
obligor submits an insufficient funds support payment to the
clerk of the district court."
15.  Page 126, lines 31 and 32, by striking the words "access
to" and inserting the following:  "contact with".
16.  Page 127, by striking lines 2 through 11.
17.  By striking page 128, line 22, through page 129, line 11.
18.  Page 129, by striking lines 14 through 17 and inserting the
following:
"5.  Joint physical care may be in the best interest of the
child, but joint legal custody does not require joint physical
care.  When the court determines such action would be in the
best interest of the child and would preserve the relationship
between each parent and the child, joint physical care may
be given awarded to".
19.  Page 129, lines 29 and 30, by striking the words
"third-party child care,".
20.  Page 130, line 3, by inserting after the figure "181," the
following:  "187,".
21.  Page 136, by striking lines 19 through 31 and inserting the
following:
"Sec. 216.  Section 600B.41A, subsections 4 and 6, Code 1997,
are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
4.  If the court finds that the establishment of paternity is
overcome, in accordance with all of the conditions prescribed,
the court shall enter an order which provides all of the
following:
a.  That the established father is relieved of any and all
future support obligations owed on behalf of the child from the
date that the order determining that the established father is
not the biological father is filed.
b.  That any unpaid support due prior to the date the order
determining that the established father is not the biological
father is filed, is satisfied.
6.  a.  If the court determines that test results conducted in
accordance with section 600B.41 or chapter 252F exclude the
established father as the biological father, the court may
dismiss the action to overcome paternity and preserve the
paternity determination only if all of the following apply:
(1)  The established father requests that paternity be preserved
and that the parent-child relationship, as defined in section
600A.2, be continued.
(2)  The court finds that it is in the best interest of the
child to preserve paternity.  In determining the best interest
of the child, the court shall consider all of the following:

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Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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