598.26 Record — impounding — violation indictable.
The record and evidence in each case of marriage dissolution shall be kept pursuant to the following provisions:
1. Until a decree of dissolution has been entered, the record and evidence shall be closed to all but the court, its officers, and the child support recovery unit of the department of human services pursuant to section 252B.9. However, the payment records of a temporary support order maintained by the clerk of the district court are public records and may be released upon request. Payment records shall not include address or location information. No other person shall permit a copy of any of the testimony, or pleading, or the substance of any testimony or pleading, to be made available to any person other than a party to the action or a party’s attorney. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit publication of the original notice as provided by the rules of civil procedure.
2. The court shall, in the absence of objection by another party, grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of an answer to an interrogatory or of a financial statement filed pursuant to section 598.13. The court may in its discretion grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of any other information which is part of the record of the case except for court orders, decrees and any judgments. If the court grants a motion to require the sealing of information in the case, the sealed information shall not thereafter be made available to any person other than a party to the action or a party’s attorney except upon order of the court for good cause shown.
3. If the action is dismissed, judgment for costs shall be entered in the judgment docket and lien index. The clerk shall maintain a separate docket for dissolution of marriage actions.
4. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a serious misdemeanor.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §598.26]
91 Acts, ch 177, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §13; 2012 Acts, ch 1033, §11
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 598 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Section 598.2 - Jurisdiction and venue.
Section 598.2A - Choice of law.
Section 598.3 - Kind of action — joinder.
Section 598.4 - Caption of petition for dissolution.
Section 598.5 - Contents of petition — verification — evidence.
Section 598.6 - Additional contents.
Section 598.8 - Hearings — exceptions.
Section 598.9 - Residence — failure of proof.
Section 598.10 - Temporary orders.
Section 598.11 - How temporary order made — changes — retroactive modification.
Section 598.12 - Guardian ad litem for minor child.
Section 598.12A - Attorney for minor child.
Section 598.12B - Child custody investigators and child and family reporters.
Section 598.13 - Financial statements filed.
Section 598.14A - Retroactive modification of temporary support order.
Section 598.14B - Child visitation — temporary custody orders.
Section 598.15 - Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings.
Section 598.16 - Conciliation — domestic relations divisions.
Section 598.17 - Dissolution of marriage — evidence.
Section 598.18 - Recrimination not a bar to dissolution of marriage.
Section 598.19 - Waiting period before decree.
Section 598.19A - Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings.
Section 598.20 - Forfeiture of marital rights.
Section 598.20A - Beneficiary revocation — life insurance.
Section 598.20B - Beneficiary revocation — other contracts.
Section 598.21 - Orders for disposition of property.
Section 598.21A - Orders for spousal support.
Section 598.21B - Orders for child support and medical support.
Section 598.21C - Modification of child, spousal, or medical support orders.
Section 598.21D - Relocation of parent as grounds to modify order of child custody.
Section 598.21E - Contesting paternity to challenge child support order.
Section 598.21F - Postsecondary education subsidy.
Section 598.21G - Minor parent — parenting classes.
Section 598.22A - Satisfaction of support payments.
Section 598.22B - Information required in order or judgment.
Section 598.22C - Child support — social security disability dependent benefits.
Section 598.22D - Separate fund or conservatorship for support.
Section 598.23 - Contempt proceedings — alternatives to jail sentence.
Section 598.24 - Costs if party is in default or contempt.
Section 598.25 - Parties and court granting marriage dissolution decree — notice.
Section 598.26 - Record — impounding — violation indictable.
Section 598.28 - Separate maintenance and annulment.
Section 598.29 - Annulling illegal marriage — causes.
Section 598.30 - Validity determined.
Section 598.31 - Children — legitimacy.
Section 598.32 - Annulment — compensation.
Section 598.33 - Order to vacate.
Section 598.34 - Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments.
Section 598.35 - Grandparent — great-grandparent — visitation rights.
Section 598.36 - Attorney fees in proceeding to modify order or decree.
Section 598.41 - Custody of children.
Section 598.41A - Visitation — history of crimes against a minor.
Section 598.41B - Visitation — restrictions — murder of parent.
Section 598.41C - Modification of child custody or physical care — active duty.
Section 598.42 - Notice of certain orders by clerk of court.