HF 391 (LSB 2115YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 391

BY  DAWSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the basis for the adjustment of a child support obligation based on the outcome of a child support obligation review.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.  The department of human services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide that procedures to adjust a child support obligation following a periodic or request for review shall be initiated if, with reference to the variance of the present child support obligation from the child support guidelines, the present child support obligation varies from the child support guidelines by more than fifteen percent.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to adopt rules relating to initiation of procedures to adjust a child support obligation based on the outcome of the review process. Current rules adopted under Code chapters 252B (child support recovery) and 252H (adjustment and modification of support orders) provide that one of the criterion for adjusting a child support obligation, following a periodic review or a request for review of a child support obligation, is that based on the review outcome the present child support obligation varies from the Iowa supreme court mandatory child support guidelines by more than 20 percent. The bill directs DHS to adopt rules to change the percentage to 15 percent.