House File 391 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 391 BY DAWSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the basis for the adjustment of a child 1 support obligation based on the outcome of a child support 2 obligation review. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2115YH (3) 86 pf/nh

H.F. 391 Section 1. REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT 1 ORDERS. The department of human services shall adopt rules 2 pursuant to chapter 17A to provide that procedures to adjust a 3 child support obligation following a periodic or request for 4 review shall be initiated if, with reference to the variance 5 of the present child support obligation from the child support 6 guidelines, the present child support obligation varies from 7 the child support guidelines by more than fifteen percent. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to 12 adopt rules relating to initiation of procedures to adjust a 13 child support obligation based on the outcome of the review 14 process. Current rules adopted under Code chapters 252B (child 15 support recovery) and 252H (adjustment and modification of 16 support orders) provide that one of the criterion for adjusting 17 a child support obligation, following a periodic review or a 18 request for review of a child support obligation, is that based 19 on the review outcome the present child support obligation 20 varies from the Iowa supreme court mandatory child support 21 guidelines by more than 20 percent. The bill directs DHS to 22 adopt rules to change the percentage to 15 percent. 23 -1- LSB 2115YH (3) 86 pf/nh 1/ 1