House File 85 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ISENHART and LUKAN

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 1780SS
                                        BY JOCHUM)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to orders for postsecondary education subsidies.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1780HH 83
  4 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 598.21F, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  ORDER OF SUBSIDY.  The court may order a postsecondary
  1  4 education subsidy if good cause is shown.  A parent may be
  1  5 ordered to provide a postsecondary education subsidy for the
  1  6 parent's child under this subsection whether or not the
  1  7 parents of the child were married to one another.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 600B.25, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  9 the following new subsection:
  1 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  Upon a finding of paternity pursuant
  1 11 to section 600B.24, the court may also order a postsecondary
  1 12 education subsidy as defined in section 598.1 and as provided
  1 13 in section 598.21F.  The construction, application, and
  1 14 interpretation of this subsection shall be the same as the
  1 15 construction, application, and interpretation of section
  1 16 598.1, subsection 8, and section 598.21F.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill relates to the postsecondary education subsidy.
  1 19 The bill provides, under the dissolution of marriage and
  1 20 domestic relations chapter (Code chapter 598) that a parent
  1 21 may be ordered to provide a postsecondary education subsidy to
  1 22 a child whether or not the parents of the child were married
  1 23 to one another.  Additionally, under the paternity and
  1 24 obligation for support chapter (Code chapter 600B) the bill
  1 25 provides that upon a finding of paternity, the court may also
  1 26 order a postsecondary education subsidy and the construction,
  1 27 application, and interpretation of this provision is to be the
  1 28 same as the construction, application, and interpretation of
  1 29 the provisions relating to postsecondary education subsidies
  1 30 under the dissolution of marriage chapter (Code chapter 598).
  1 31 LSB 1780HH 83
  1 32 pf/nh/14