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Section 598.1 - Definitions. - 598.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: 1. “Best interest...
Section 598.2 - Jurisdiction and venue. - 598.2 Jurisdiction and venue. The district court has original jurisdiction...
Section 598.2A - Choice of law. - 598.2A Choice of law. In a proceeding to establish, modify,...
Section 598.3 - Kind of action — joinder. - 598.3 Kind of action — joinder. An action for dissolution...
Section 598.4 - Caption of petition for dissolution. - 598.4 Caption of petition for dissolution. The petition for dissolution...
Section 598.5 - Contents of petition — verification — evidence. - 598.5 Contents of petition — verification — evidence. 1. The...
Section 598.6 - Additional contents. - 598.6 Additional contents. Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 69, §58...
Section 598.7 - Mediation. - 598.7 Mediation. 1. The district court may, on its own...
Section 598.7A - Mediation. - 598.7A Mediation. Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 69, §58 ....
Section 598.8 - Hearings — exceptions. - 598.8 Hearings — exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in...
Section 598.9 - Residence — failure of proof. - 598.9 Residence — failure of proof. If the averments as...
Section 598.10 - Temporary orders. - 598.10 Temporary orders. 1. a. The court may order either...
Section 598.11 - How temporary order made — changes — retroactive modification. - 598.11 How temporary order made — changes — retroactive modification....
Section 598.12 - Guardian ad litem for minor child. - 598.12 Guardian ad litem for minor child. 1. The court...
Section 598.12A - Attorney for minor child. - 598.12A Attorney for minor child. 1. The court may appoint...
Section 598.12B - Child custody investigators and child and family reporters. - 598.12B Child custody investigators and child and family reporters. 1....
Section 598.13 - Financial statements filed. - 598.13 Financial statements filed. 1. a. Both parties shall disclose...
Section 598.14 - Attachment. - 598.14 Attachment. The petition may be presented to the court...
Section 598.14A - Retroactive modification of temporary support order. - 598.14A Retroactive modification of temporary support order. Repealed by 2005...
Section 598.14B - Child visitation — temporary custody orders. - 598.14B Child visitation — temporary custody orders. Repealed by 2005...
Section 598.15 - Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings. - 598.15 Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings. 1. The...
Section 598.16 - Conciliation — domestic relations divisions. - 598.16 Conciliation — domestic relations divisions. 1. A majority of...
Section 598.17 - Dissolution of marriage — evidence. - 598.17 Dissolution of marriage — evidence. 1. A decree dissolving...
Section 598.18 - Recrimination not a bar to dissolution of marriage. - 598.18 Recrimination not a bar to dissolution of marriage. If,...
Section 598.19 - Waiting period before decree. - 598.19 Waiting period before decree. No decree dissolving a marriage...
Section 598.19A - Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings. - 598.19A Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings. Repealed by...
Section 598.20 - Forfeiture of marital rights. - 598.20 Forfeiture of marital rights. When a dissolution of marriage...
Section 598.20A - Beneficiary revocation — life insurance. - 598.20A Beneficiary revocation — life insurance. 1. Except as preempted...
Section 598.20B - Beneficiary revocation — other contracts. - 598.20B Beneficiary revocation — other contracts. 1. Except as preempted...
Section 598.21 - Orders for disposition of property. - 598.21 Orders for disposition of property. 1. General principles. Upon...
Section 598.21A - Orders for spousal support. - 598.21A Orders for spousal support. 1. Criteria for determining support....
Section 598.21B - Orders for child support and medical support. - 598.21B Orders for child support and medical support. 1. Child...
Section 598.21C - Modification of child, spousal, or medical support orders. - 598.21C Modification of child, spousal, or medical support orders. 1....
Section 598.21D - Relocation of parent as grounds to modify order of child custody. - 598.21D Relocation of parent as grounds to modify order of...
Section 598.21E - Contesting paternity to challenge child support order. - 598.21E Contesting paternity to challenge child support order. 1. If,...
Section 598.21F - Postsecondary education subsidy. - 598.21F Postsecondary education subsidy. 1. Order of subsidy. The court...
Section 598.21G - Minor parent — parenting classes. - 598.21G Minor parent — parenting classes. In any order or...
Section 598.22 - Support payments — clerk of court — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — defaults — security. - 598.22 Support payments — clerk of court — collection services...
Section 598.22A - Satisfaction of support payments. - 598.22A Satisfaction of support payments. Notwithstanding sections 252B.14 and 598.22,...
Section 598.22B - Information required in order or judgment. - 598.22B Information required in order or judgment. This section applies...
Section 598.22C - Child support — social security disability dependent benefits. - 598.22C Child support — social security disability dependent benefits. If...
Section 598.22D - Separate fund or conservatorship for support. - 598.22D Separate fund or conservatorship for support. The court may...
Section 598.23 - Contempt proceedings — alternatives to jail sentence. - 598.23 Contempt proceedings — alternatives to jail sentence. 1. If...
Section 598.23A - Contempt proceedings for provisions of support payments — activity governed by a license. - 598.23A Contempt proceedings for provisions of support payments — activity...
Section 598.24 - Costs if party is in default or contempt. - 598.24 Costs if party is in default or contempt. When...
Section 598.25 - Parties and court granting marriage dissolution decree — notice. - 598.25 Parties and court granting marriage dissolution decree — notice....
Section 598.26 - Record — impounding — violation indictable. - 598.26 Record — impounding — violation indictable. The record and...
Section 598.28 - Separate maintenance and annulment. - 598.28 Separate maintenance and annulment. A petition shall be filed...
Section 598.29 - Annulling illegal marriage — causes. - 598.29 Annulling illegal marriage — causes. Marriage may be annulled...
Section 598.30 - Validity determined. - 598.30 Validity determined. When the validity of a marriage is...
Section 598.31 - Children — legitimacy. - 598.31 Children — legitimacy. Children born to the parties, or...
Section 598.32 - Annulment — compensation. - 598.32 Annulment — compensation. In case either party entered into...
Section 598.33 - Order to vacate. - 598.33 Order to vacate. Notwithstanding section 561.15, the court may...
Section 598.34 - Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments. - 598.34 Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments....
Section 598.35 - Grandparent — great-grandparent — visitation rights. - 598.35 Grandparent — great-grandparent — visitation rights. Repealed by 2007...
Section 598.36 - Attorney fees in proceeding to modify order or decree. - 598.36 Attorney fees in proceeding to modify order or decree....
Section 598.37 - Name change. - 598.37 Name change. Either party to a marriage may request...
Section 598.41 - Custody of children. - 598.41 Custody of children. 1. a. The court may provide...
Section 598.41A - Visitation — history of crimes against a minor. - 598.41A Visitation — history of crimes against a minor. 1....
Section 598.41B - Visitation — restrictions — murder of parent. - 598.41B Visitation — restrictions — murder of parent. 1. Notwithstanding...
Section 598.41C - Modification of child custody or physical care — active duty. - 598.41C Modification of child custody or physical care — active...
Section 598.41D - Assignment of visitation or physical care parenting time — parent serving active duty — family member. - 598.41D Assignment of visitation or physical care parenting time —...
Section 598.42 - Notice of certain orders by clerk of court. - 598.42 Notice of certain orders by clerk of court. The...