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House File 11 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to support of a child including support
2relative to the child’s completion of high school graduation
3or equivalency requirements.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 598.1, subsection 9, Code 2021, is
2amended to read as follows:
39. “Support” or “support payments” means an amount which
4the court may require either of the parties to pay under a
5temporary order or a final judgment or decree, and may include
6alimony, child support, maintenance, and any other term used
7to describe these obligations. For orders entered on or after
8July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise,
9medical support is not included in the monetary amount of child
10support. The For orders entered on or after July 1, 2021,
11 obligations shall include support for a child who is between
12 until the ages of child reaches eighteen and nineteen years who
13 of age, or for a child who is engaged full-time in completing
14high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner
15which so long as such full-time engagement is continuous and
16 reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements
17prior to, until the person reaching child reaches nineteen
18years of age or completes high school graduation or equivalency
19requirements, whichever occurs first; and may include support
20for a child of any age who is dependent on the parties to
21the dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental
22disability.
23EXPLANATION
24The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
25the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
26This bill provides that the definition of “support” or
27“support payments” for orders entered on or after July 1,
282021, includes obligations for support of a child until age
2918, or for a child who is engaged full-time in completing high
30school graduation or equivalency requirements so long as such
31full-time engagement is continuous and reasonably expected
32to result in completion of the requirements, until the child
33reaches 19 years of age or completes high school graduation or
34equivalency requirements, whichever occurs first. Current law
35provides that the obligations for support or support payments
-1-1include support for a child who is between the ages of 18 and
219 years who is engaged full-time in completing high school
3graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is
4reasonably likely expected to result in completion of the
5requirements prior to the person reaching 19 years of age.
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2relative to the child’s completion of high school graduation
3or equivalency requirements.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 598.1, subsection 9, Code 2021, is
2amended to read as follows:
39. “Support” or “support payments” means an amount which
4the court may require either of the parties to pay under a
5temporary order or a final judgment or decree, and may include
6alimony, child support, maintenance, and any other term used
7to describe these obligations. For orders entered on or after
8July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise,
9medical support is not included in the monetary amount of child
10support. The For orders entered on or after July 1, 2021,
11 obligations shall include support for a child who is between
12 until the ages of child reaches eighteen and nineteen years who
13 of age, or for a child who is engaged full-time in completing
14high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner
15which so long as such full-time engagement is continuous and
16 reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements
17prior to, until the person reaching child reaches nineteen
18years of age or completes high school graduation or equivalency
19requirements, whichever occurs first; and may include support
20for a child of any age who is dependent on the parties to
21the dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental
22disability.
23EXPLANATION
24The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
25the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
26This bill provides that the definition of “support” or
27“support payments” for orders entered on or after July 1,
282021, includes obligations for support of a child until age
2918, or for a child who is engaged full-time in completing high
30school graduation or equivalency requirements so long as such
31full-time engagement is continuous and reasonably expected
32to result in completion of the requirements, until the child
33reaches 19 years of age or completes high school graduation or
34equivalency requirements, whichever occurs first. Current law
35provides that the obligations for support or support payments
-1-1include support for a child who is between the ages of 18 and
219 years who is engaged full-time in completing high school
3graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is
4reasonably likely expected to result in completion of the
5requirements prior to the person reaching 19 years of age.
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