252B.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Absent parent” means the parent who either cannot be located or who is located and is not residing with the child at the time the support collection or paternity determination services provided in sections 252B.5 and 252B.6 are requested or commenced.
2. “Child” includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age or a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person’s self and is likely to become a public charge. “Child” includes “child” as defined in section 239B.1.
3. “Child support agency” means child support agency as defined in section 252H.2.
4. “Department” means the department of human services.
5. “Director” means the director of human services.
6. “Obligor” means the person legally responsible for the support of a child as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1 under a support order issued in this state or pursuant to the laws of another state or foreign country.
7. “Resident parent” means the parent with whom the child is residing at the time the support collection or paternity determination services provided in sections 252B.5 and 252B.6 are requested or commenced.
8. “Unit” means the child support recovery unit created in section 252B.2.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.1]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 91 Acts, ch 97, §33; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §502; 93 Acts, ch 79, §25; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §23, 24; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §31; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §82; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §133
Referred to in §252E.1, 252H.2
Subsection 2 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY
Section 252B.2 - Unit established — intervention.
Section 252B.3 - Duty of department to enforce child support — cooperation — rules.
Section 252B.4 - Nonassistance cases.
Section 252B.5 - Services of unit.
Section 252B.6 - Additional services in assistance cases.
Section 252B.6A - External services.
Section 252B.7 - Legal services.
Section 252B.7A - Determining parent’s income.
Section 252B.7B - Informational materials provided by the unit.
Section 252B.8 - Central information center.
Section 252B.9 - Information and assistance from others — availability of records.
Section 252B.9A - Disclosure of confidential information — authorized person — court.
Section 252B.10 - Criminal penalties.
Section 252B.11 - Recovery of costs of collection services.
Section 252B.12 - Jurisdiction over nonresidents.
Section 252B.13A - Collection services center.
Section 252B.15 - Processing and disbursement of support payments.
Section 252B.16 - Transfer of support order processing responsibilities — ongoing procedures.
Section 252B.17 - Admissibility and identification of support payment records.
Section 252B.17A - Imaging or photographic copies — originals destroyed.
Section 252B.18 - Child support advisory committee — established — duties.
Section 252B.20 - Suspension of support — request by mutual consent.
Section 252B.20A - Suspension of support — request by one party.
Section 252B.21 - Administrative seek employment orders.
Section 252B.22 - Liens — motor vehicle registration — task force.
Section 252B.24 - State case registry.
Section 252B.25 - Contempt — combining actions.