710.6 Violating custodial order.
1. A relative of a child who, acting in violation of an order of any court which fixes, permanently or temporarily, the custody or physical care of the child in another, takes and conceals the child, within or outside the state, from the person having lawful custody or physical care, commits a class “D” felony.
2. A parent of a child living apart from the other parent who conceals that child or causes that child’s whereabouts to be unknown to a parent with visitation rights or parental time in violation of a court order granting visitation rights or parental time and without the other parent’s consent, commits a serious misdemeanor.
[C79, 81, §710.6]
85 Acts, ch 132, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1145, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 710 - KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
Section 710.1 - Kidnapping defined.
Section 710.2 - Kidnapping in the first degree.
Section 710.3 - Kidnapping in the second degree.
Section 710.4 - Kidnapping in the third degree.
Section 710.5 - Child stealing.
Section 710.6 - Violating custodial order.
Section 710.7 - False imprisonment.
Section 710.8 - Harboring a runaway child prohibited — penalty.
Section 710.9 - Civil liability for harboring a runaway child.