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Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
SF 521
A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374.)
Subcommittee members: Wheeler-CH, Holt, Meyer, B.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: RM 19
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

03-27-2025
Stacey Schnuckel [Reforging Families]
Iowa Code 598.24 ALREADY states: Costs if party is in default or contempt. When an action for a modification, order to show cause, or contempt of a dissolution, annulment, or separate maintenance decree is brought on the grounds that a party to the decree is in default or contempt of the decree, and the court determines that the party is in default or contempt of the decree, the costs of the proceeding, including reasonable attorneys fees, may be taxed against that party. SF521 by amending 598.23 and adding subsection (e) is redundant when the Court is already permitted and has the discretion to do the same thing under 598.24 to assess costs, including reasonable attorney fees.
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