1.If each party fails to respond to the initial notice within twenty days after the date
of service of the notice or fails to appear at a conference pursuant to section 252F.3 on the
scheduled date of the conference, and paternity has not been contested and each party fails
to timely request a court hearing on the issue of support, the department shall enter an order
against the parties, declaring the putative father to be the legal father of the child or children
involved and assessing any accrued and accruing child support obligation pursuant to the
guidelines established under section 598.21B, and medical support pursuant to chapter 252E.
2.If paternity is contested pursuant to section 252F.3, subsection 6, and the party
contesting paternity fails to appear for a paternity test and fa
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1. If each party fails to respond to the initial notice within twenty days after the date
of service of the notice or fails to appear at a conference pursuant to section 252F.3 on the
scheduled date of the conference, and paternity has not been contested and each party fails
to timely request a court hearing on the issue of support, the department shall enter an order
against the parties, declaring the putative father to be the legal father of the child or children
involved and assessing any accrued and accruing child support obligation pursuant to the
guidelines established under section 598.21B, and medical support pursuant to chapter 252E.
2. If paternity is contested pursuant to section 252F.3, subsection 6, and the party
contesting paternity fails to appear for a paternity test and fails to request a rescheduling
pursuant to section 252F.3, or fails to appear for both the initial and the rescheduled
paternity tests and each party fails to timely request a court hearing on the issue of support,
the department shall enter an order against the parties declaring the putative father to be
the legal father of the child or children involved and assessing any accrued and accruing
child support obligation pursuant to the guidelines established under section 598.21B, and
medical support pursuant to chapter 252E.
3. If a conference pursuant to section 252F.3 is held, and paternity is not contested, and
each party fails to timely request a court hearing on the issue of support, the department
shall enter an order against the parties after the second notice has been sent declaring the
putative father to be the legal father of the child or children involved and assessing any
accrued and accruing child support obligation pursuant to the guidelines established under
section 598.21B, and medical support pursuant to chapter 252E.
4. If paternity was contested and paternity testing was performed and the putative father
was not excluded, if the test results indicate that the probability of the putative father’s
paternity is ninety-five percent or greater, if the test results are not timely challenged, and
if each party fails to timely request a court hearing on the issue of support, the department
shall enter an order against the parties declaring the putative father to be the legal father
of the child or children involved and assessing any accrued and accruing child support
obligation pursuant to the guidelines established under section 598.21B, and medical support
pursuant to chapter 252E.
5. The department shall establish a support obligation under this section based upon the
best information available to child support services and pursuant to section 252B.7A.
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6. The order shall contain all of the following:
a. A declaration of paternity.
b. The amount of monthly support to be paid, with direction as to the manner of payment.
c. The amount of accrued support.
d. The name of the custodial parent or caretaker.
e. The name and birth date of the child or children to whom the order applies.
f. A statement that property of a party ordered to provide support is subject to income
withholding, liens, garnishment, tax offset, and other collection actions.
g. The medical support required pursuant to chapter 598 and chapter 252E.
h. A statement that a party who is ordered to provide support is required to inform child
support services, on a continuing basis, of the name and address of the party’s current
employer, whether the party has access to health insurance coverage as required in the
order, and if so, the health insurance policy information.
i. If paternity was contested by the putative father, the amount of any judgment assessed
to the father for costs of paternity tests conducted pursuant to this chapter.
j. Statements as required pursuant to section 598.22B.
7. If paternity is not contested but a party does wish to challenge the issues of child or
medical support, the department shall enter an order establishing paternity and reserving
the issues of child or medical support for determination by the district court.