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Enrolled
House
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253
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PROCEEDINGS
AND
ACTIONS
REGARDING
PATERNITY
AND
THE
OBLIGATION
FOR
SUPPORT.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
600B.37,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
600B.37
Contempt.
If
the
father
a
party
fails
to
comply
with
or
violates
the
terms
or
conditions
of
a
support
an
order
made
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
,
the
father
party
shall
be
held
in
contempt
and
punished
by
the
court
in
the
same
manner
and
to
the
same
extent
as
is
provided
by
law
for
a
contempt
of
such
court
in
any
other
suit
or
proceeding
cognizable
by
such
court.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
600B.37A
Action
for
default
or
contempt
——
costs.
If
an
action
is
brought
on
the
grounds
that
a
party
to
an
order
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
is
in
default
or
contempt
of
the
order,
and
the
court
determines
that
the
party
is
in
default
or
contempt
of
the
order,
the
costs
of
the
proceeding,
including
reasonable
attorney
fees,
may
be
taxed
against
that
party.
Sec.
3.
Section
600B.40,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
600B.40
Custody
and
visitation.
1.
The
mother
of
a
child
born
out
of
wedlock
whose
paternity
has
not
been
acknowledged
and
who
has
not
been
adopted
has
sole
House
File
253,
p.
2
custody
of
the
child
unless
the
court
orders
otherwise.
If
a
judgment
of
paternity
is
entered,
the
father
may
petition
for
rights
of
visitation
or
custody
in
the
same
paternity
action
or
in
an
equity
proceeding
separate
from
any
action
to
establish
paternity.
2.
In
determining
the
visitation
or
custody
arrangements
of
a
child
born
out
of
wedlock,
if
a
judgment
of
paternity
is
entered
and
the
mother
of
the
child
has
not
been
awarded
sole
custody,
section
598.41
shall
apply
to
the
determination,
as
applicable,
and
the
court
shall
consider
the
factors
specified
in
section
598.41,
subsection
3
,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
factor
related
to
a
parent’s
history
of
domestic
abuse.
3.
In
a
proceeding
under
this
chapter
to
determine
custody
or
visitation
or
to
modify
a
custody
or
visitation
order,
section
598.15
shall
apply
to
the
parties.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
253,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor