House
File
11
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
11
BY
HITE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
support
of
a
child
including
support
1
relative
to
the
child’s
completion
of
high
school
graduation
2
or
equivalency
requirements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
598.1,
subsection
9,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
9.
“Support”
or
“support
payments”
means
an
amount
which
3
the
court
may
require
either
of
the
parties
to
pay
under
a
4
temporary
order
or
a
final
judgment
or
decree,
and
may
include
5
alimony,
child
support,
maintenance,
and
any
other
term
used
6
to
describe
these
obligations.
For
orders
entered
on
or
after
7
July
1,
1990,
unless
the
court
specifically
orders
otherwise,
8
medical
support
is
not
included
in
the
monetary
amount
of
child
9
support.
The
For
orders
entered
on
or
after
July
1,
2021,
10
obligations
shall
include
support
for
a
child
who
is
between
11
until
the
ages
of
child
reaches
eighteen
and
nineteen
years
who
12
of
age,
or
for
a
child
who
is
engaged
full-time
in
completing
13
high
school
graduation
or
equivalency
requirements
in
a
manner
14
which
so
long
as
such
full-time
engagement
is
continuous
and
15
reasonably
expected
to
result
in
completion
of
the
requirements
16
prior
to
,
until
the
person
reaching
child
reaches
nineteen
17
years
of
age
or
completes
high
school
graduation
or
equivalency
18
requirements,
whichever
occurs
first
;
and
may
include
support
19
for
a
child
of
any
age
who
is
dependent
on
the
parties
to
20
the
dissolution
proceedings
because
of
physical
or
mental
21
disability.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
provides
that
the
definition
of
“support”
or
26
“support
payments”
for
orders
entered
on
or
after
July
1,
27
2021,
includes
obligations
for
support
of
a
child
until
age
28
18,
or
for
a
child
who
is
engaged
full-time
in
completing
high
29
school
graduation
or
equivalency
requirements
so
long
as
such
30
full-time
engagement
is
continuous
and
reasonably
expected
31
to
result
in
completion
of
the
requirements,
until
the
child
32
reaches
19
years
of
age
or
completes
high
school
graduation
or
33
equivalency
requirements,
whichever
occurs
first.
Current
law
34
provides
that
the
obligations
for
support
or
support
payments
35
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include
support
for
a
child
who
is
between
the
ages
of
18
and
1
19
years
who
is
engaged
full-time
in
completing
high
school
2
graduation
or
equivalency
requirements
in
a
manner
which
is
3
reasonably
likely
expected
to
result
in
completion
of
the
4
requirements
prior
to
the
person
reaching
19
years
of
age.
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