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252A.20 Modification or adjustment of a registered foreign support order and of an Iowa order registered in a foreign jurisdiction.

1. An order which has been registered in a court of this state pursuant to section 252A.18 may be modified or adjusted following registration, subject to all of the following:

a. The modification or adjustment of the order does not affect the underlying judgment in the foreign jurisdiction, unless provided pursuant to the statute of the foreign jurisdiction.

b. The modification or adjustment of the underlying judgment by a foreign jurisdiction does not affect the registered order in this state unless confirmed by a court of this state.

2. A support order issued in a court of this state may be registered in a foreign jurisdiction and, following registration, may be modified or adjusted subject to the following:

a. The modification or adjustment of the registered order by a foreign jurisdiction does not affect the underlying judgment in this state unless confirmed by a court of this state.

b. The modification or adjustment of the underlying judgment by a court of this state following registration in a foreign jurisdiction does not affect the registered order unless provided by the statute of the foreign jurisdiction.

Section History: Recent form

93 Acts, ch 78, §5

Internal References

Referred to in § 600B.41A


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