Text: HF00179 Text: HF00181 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 180 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE INCLUDING CERTAIN 1 5 FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION FILED BY THE PARTIES AND 1 6 PARTICIPATION IN A COURT-APPROVED COURSE PRIOR TO THE 1 7 GRANTING OF A FINAL DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE DECREE OR THE 1 8 ENTERING OF A FINAL CUSTODY ORDER. 1 9 1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 11 1 12 Section 1. Section 598.13, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 13 as follows: 1 14 598.13 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FILED. 1 15 1. Both parties shall disclose their financial status. A 1 16 showing of special circumstances shall not be required before 1 17 the disclosure is ordered. A statement of net worth set forth 1 18 by affidavit on a form prescribed by the supreme court and 1 19 furnished without charge by the clerk of the district court 1 20 shall be filed by each party prior to the dissolution hearing. 1 21 However, the parties may waive this requirement upon 1 22 application of both parties and approval by the court. 1 23 Failure to comply with the requirements of thissection1 24 subsection constitutes failure to make discovery as provided 1 25 in rule of civil procedure 134. 1 26 2. The court may, in its discretion, order a trustee to 1 27 provide, on behalf of a trust, information including but not 1 28 limited to, trust documents and financial statements relating 1 29 to any beneficial interest a party to the pending action may 1 30 have in the trust. 1 31 Sec. 2. Section 598.19A, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2001, 1 32 are amended to read as follows: 1 33 1. The court shall order the parties to any action which 1 34 involves the issues of child custody or visitation to 1 35 participate in a court-approved course to educate and 2 1 sensitize the parties to the needs of any child or party 2 2 during and subsequent to the proceeding within forty-five days 2 3 of the service of notice and petition for the action or within 2 4 forty-five days of the service of notice and application for 2 5 modification of an order. Participation in the course may be 2 6 waived or delayed by the court for good cause including, but 2 7 not limited to, a default by any of the parties or a showing 2 8 that the parties have previously participated in a court- 2 9 approved course or its equivalent. Participation in the 2 10 course is not required if the proceeding involves termination 2 11 of parental rights of any of the parties. A final decree 2 12 shall not be granted or a final order shall not be entered 2 13 until the parties have complied with this section, unless 2 14 participation in the course is waived or delayed for good 2 15 cause or is otherwise not required under this subsection. 2 16 3. Each party shall submit certification of completion of 2 17 the course to the court prior to the granting of a final 2 18 decree or the entry of an order, unless participation in the 2 19 course is waived or delayed for good cause or is otherwise not 2 20 required under subsection 1. 2 21 Sec. 3. Section 598.19A, Code 2001, is amended by adding 2 22 the following new subsection: 2 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If participation in the court- 2 24 approved course is waived or delayed for good cause or is 2 25 otherwise not required under this section, the court may order 2 26 that the parties receive the information described in 2 27 subsection 4 through an alternative format. 2 28 2 29 2 30 2 31 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 32 Speaker of the House 2 33 2 34 2 35 3 1 MARY E. KRAMER 3 2 President of the Senate 3 3 3 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 5 is known as House File 180, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 MARGARET THOMSON 3 10 Chief Clerk of the House 3 11 Approved , 2001 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 16 Governor
Text: HF00179 Text: HF00181 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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