House
File
2720
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Enrolled
House
File
2720
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
DISSOLUTION
OF
MARRIAGE,
INCLUDING
NAME
CHANGE
REQUESTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
598.37,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
598.37
Name
change.
1.
a.
Either
party
to
a
marriage
may
request
as
a
part
of
the
decree
of
dissolution
or
decree
of
annulment
a
change
in
the
person’s
name
to
either
the
name
appearing
on
the
person’s
birth
certificate
or
to
the
name
the
person
had
immediately
prior
to
the
marriage.
b.
If
a
party
requests
a
name
change
other
than
to
the
name
appearing
on
the
person’s
birth
certificate
or
to
the
name
the
person
had
immediately
prior
to
the
marriage,
the
request
shall
be
made
under
chapter
674
.
House
File
2720,
p.
2
2.
If
a
party
requests
a
name
change
under
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
the
court
shall
issue
a
separate
document
evidencing
the
name
change.
The
document
shall
not
contain
any
other
information
relating
to
the
decree
of
dissolution
or
decree
of
annulment.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2720,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor