Iowa § 252D.16 Definitions

Iowa Statutes

§ 252D.16 — Definitions

Iowa § 252D.16

Title VIHUMAN SERVICES

Ch. 252DSUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING

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Iowa Code § 252D.16 (2026).

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.“Child support services” means the same as child support services created in section 252B.2.

2.“Department” means the department of health and human services.

3.“Income” means all of the following:

a.Any periodic form of payment due an individual, regardless of source, including but not limited to wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers’ compensation, disability payments, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and interest.

b.A sole payment or lump sum as provided in section 252D.18C, including but not limited to payment from an estate including inheritance, or payment for personal injury or property damage.

c.Irregular income as defined in section 252D.18B.

4.“Payor of income” or “payor” means a

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Child support services” means the same as child support services created in section
252B.2.
2. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
3. “Income” means all of the following:
a. Any periodic form of payment due an individual, regardless of source, including but
not limited to wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers’ compensation, disability
payments, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program, and interest.
b. A sole payment or lump sum as provided in section 252D.18C, including but not limited
to payment from an estate including inheritance, or payment for personal injury or property
damage.
c. Irregular income as defined in section 252D.18B.
4. “Payor of income” or “payor” means and includes but is not limited to an obligor’s
employer, trustee, the state of Iowa and all governmental subdivisions and agencies, and any
other person from whom an obligor receives income.
5. “Support” or “support payments” means any amount which the court or administrative
agency may require a person to pay for the benefit of a child under a temporary order
or a final judgment or decree entered under chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H,
598, 600B, or any other comparable chapter, and may include child support, maintenance,
medical support as defined in chapter 252E, spousal support, and any other term used to
describe these obligations. These obligations may include support for a child of any age who
is dependent on the parties to the dissolution proceedings because of physical or mental
disability. The obligations may include support for a child eighteen or more years of age
with respect to whom a child support order has been issued pursuant to the laws of another
state or foreign country. These obligations shall not include amounts for a postsecondary
education subsidy as defined in section 598.1.