1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “caretaker”, “court
order”, “department”, “dependent child”, “medical support”, and “responsible person” mean
the same as defined in section 252C.1.
2. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Act” means the federal Social Security Act.
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b. “Adjustment” applies only to the child support provisions of a support order and means
either of the following:
(1)Achangeintheamountofchildsupportbaseduponanapplicationofthechildsupport
guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B.
(2)Anadditionoforchangetoprovisionsformedicalsupportasprovidedinchapter252E.
c. “Child” means a child as defined in section 252B.1.
d. “Child support agency” means any
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1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “caretaker”, “court
order”, “department”, “dependent child”, “medical support”, and “responsible person” mean
the same as defined in section 252C.1.
2. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Act” means the federal Social Security Act.
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b. “Adjustment” applies only to the child support provisions of a support order and means
either of the following:
(1) Achangeintheamountofchildsupportbaseduponanapplicationofthechildsupport
guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B.
(2) Anadditionoforchangetoprovisionsformedicalsupportasprovidedinchapter252E.
c. “Child” means a child as defined in section 252B.1.
d. “Child support agency” means any state, county, or local office or entity of another state
that has the responsibility for providing child support enforcement services under Tit. IV-D
of the Act.
e. “Child support services” means child support services created in section 252B.2.
f. “Cost-of-living alteration” means a change in an existing child support order which
equals an amount which is the amount of the support obligation following application of the
percentage change of the consumer price index for all urban consumers, United States city
average, as published in the federal register by the federal department of labor, bureau of
labor statistics.
g. “Determination of controlling order” means the process of identifying a child support
order which must be recognized pursuant to section 252K.207 and 28 U.S.C. §1738B, when
more than one state has issued a support order for the same child and the same obligor,
and may include a reconciliation of arrearages with information related to the calculation.
Registration of an order of another state or foreign country is not necessary for a court or
child support services to make a determination of controlling order.
h. “Modification” means either of the following:
(1) A change, correction, or termination of an existing support order.
(2) The establishment of a child or medical support obligation in a previously established
order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, 600B, or any other support
proceeding, in which such support was not previously established, or in which support
was previously established and subsequently terminated prior to the emancipation of the
children affected.
i. “Parent”means, forthepurposesofrequestingareviewofasupportorderandforbeing
entitled to notice under this chapter:
(1) The individual ordered to pay support pursuant to the order.
(2) An individual or entity entitled to receive current or future support payments pursuant
to the order, or pursuant to a current assignment of support including but not limited to an
agency of this or any other state that is currently providing public assistance benefits to the
childforwhomsupportisorderedandanychildsupportagency. Serviceofnoticeofanaction
initiated under this chapter on an agency is not required, but the agency may be advised of
the action by other means.
j. “Public assistance” means benefits received in this state or any other state, under Tit.
IV-A(temporaryassistancetoneedyfamilies),IV-E(fostercare),orXIX(Medicaid)oftheAct.
k. “Review”meansanobjectiveevaluationconductedthroughaproceedingbeforeacourt,
administrative body, or an agency, of information necessary for the application of a state’s
mandatory child support guidelines to determine:
(1) The appropriate monetary amount of support.
(2) Provisions for medical support.
l. “State” means “state” as defined in chapter 252K.
m. “Support order” means an order for support issued pursuant to this chapter, chapter
232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a
comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of court
or certified to child support services.