§ 252K.605 — Notice of registration of order

Iowa § 252K.605

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

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1. When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign
supportorderisregistered, theregisteringtribunalofthisstateshallnotifythenonregistering
party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents
and relevant information accompanying the order.
2. A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
a. That a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same
manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
b. That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be
requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is contested under
section 252K.707.
c. That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely
manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged
arrearages.
d. Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
3. If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
a. Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the
controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any.
b. Notifythenonregisteringpartyoftherighttoadeterminationofwhichisthecontrolling
order.
c. State that the procedures provided in subsection 2 apply to the determination of which
is the controlling order.
d. State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be
the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the
controlling order.
4. Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the support
enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant
to the income withholding law of this state.