§ 252K.205 — Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order

Iowa § 252K.205

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 252K: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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1. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of
this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support
order if the order is controlling and any of the following applies:
a. At the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the
obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued.
b. Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child
for whose benefit the order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the
tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
2. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of
this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if any of the
following applies:
a. All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this
state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who
is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order
and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
b. Its order is not the controlling order.
3. If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the uniform
interstate family support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child
support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
4. A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child
7 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT, §252K.207
support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to
modify a support order issued in that state.
5. A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional
conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.