§ 252H.4 — Role of child support services

Iowa § 252H.4

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 252H: ADJUSTMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDERS

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1. Child support services may administratively adjust or modify or may provide for an
administrative cost-of-living alteration of a support order entered under chapter 234, 252A,
252C, 598, or 600B, or any other support chapter if child support services is providing
enforcement services pursuant to chapter 252B. Child support services is not required to
intervene to administratively adjust or modify or provide for an administrative cost-of-living
alteration of a support order under this chapter.
2. Child support services is a party to an action initiated pursuant to this chapter.
3. Child support services shall conduct a review to determine whether an adjustment is
appropriate or, upon the request of a parent or upon child support services’ own initiative,
determine whether a modification is appropriate.
4. Child support services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish the
process for the review of requests for adjustment, the criteria and procedures for conducting
a review and determining when an adjustment is appropriate, the procedure and criteria for
a cost-of-living alteration, the criteria and procedure for a request for review pursuant to
section 252H.18A, and other rules necessary to implement this chapter.
5. Legal representation of child support services shall be provided pursuant to section
252B.7, subsection 4.