SF 374 (LSB 2620XS (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 374

BY  DICKEY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 598.23, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Direct the person found in contempt to pay the reasonable attorney fees incurred by a party as a result of the person’s actions constituting contempt.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows a court that finds a person has willfully disobeyed a temporary order or final decree in a dissolution of marriage proceeding to direct the person to pay the reasonable attorney fees incurred by a party as a result of the person’s actions constituting contempt.