HF 817 (LSB 2621YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 817

BY  SORENSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 633.356, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Child support services, as created in section 252B.2, shall make available a form meeting the requirements of this subsection that may be used, if appropriate, by a successor as defined in subsection 2, paragraph “a” or “b”, when child support services or the collection services center, as created in section 252B.13A, is the holder of the decedent’s property in the form of undistributed child support owed to the decedent.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law allows for the distribution of a decedent’s property by affidavit for very small estates (those with a gross value of $50,000 or less). This bill allows a successor of a decedent who has a very small estate to access undistributed child support payments owed to the decedent held by child support services or the collection services center. The bill requires child support services to create and make available a form that allows the successor to collect the held moneys.