A person entitled to periodic support payments pursuant to an order or judgment entered in an action for dissolution of marriage, who is also a recipient of public assistance, is deemed to have assigned the person's rights to the support payments, to the extent of public assistance received by the person, to the department of human services. The department shall immediately notify the clerk of court by mail when a person entitled to support payments has been determined to be eligible for public assistance. Upon notification by the department that a person entitled to periodic support payments pursuant to this chapter is receiving public assistance, the clerk of court shall make a notation of the automatic assignment in the judgment docket and lien index. The notation constitutes constructive notice of the assignment. The clerk of court shall forward support payments received pursuant to section 598.22, to which the department is entitled, to the department, which may secure support payments in default through proceedings provided for in chapter 252A or section 598.24.
The clerk shall furnish the department with copies of all orders or decrees awarding support to parties having custody of minor children when the parties are receiving public assistance.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 598.34; 82 Acts, ch 1237, § 4]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159
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