by a license.
1.If a person against whom an order or decree for support has been entered pursuant
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to this chapter or chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 600B, or any other support chapter, or a
comparable chapter of another state or foreign country as defined in chapter 252K, fails to
make payments or provide medical support pursuant to that order or decree, the person may
be cited and punished by the court for contempt under section 598.23 or this section. Failure
to comply with a seek employment order entered pursuant to section 252B.21 is evidence of
willful failure to pay support.
2.If a person is cited for contempt, the court may do any of the following:
a.Requirethepostingofacashbond,withinsevencalendardays,inanamountequivalen
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by a license.
1. If a person against whom an order or decree for support has been entered pursuant
23 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS, §598.23A
to this chapter or chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 600B, or any other support chapter, or a
comparable chapter of another state or foreign country as defined in chapter 252K, fails to
make payments or provide medical support pursuant to that order or decree, the person may
be cited and punished by the court for contempt under section 598.23 or this section. Failure
to comply with a seek employment order entered pursuant to section 252B.21 is evidence of
willful failure to pay support.
2. If a person is cited for contempt, the court may do any of the following:
a. Requirethepostingofacashbond,withinsevencalendardays,inanamountequivalent
to the current arrearages and an additional amount which is equivalent to at least twelve
months of future support obligations. If the arrearages are not paid within three months of
the hearing, the bond shall be automatically forfeited to cover payment of the full portion of
the arrearages and the portion of the bond representing future support obligations shall be
automatically forfeited to cover future support payments as payments become due.
b. (1) Require the performance of community service work of up to twenty hours per
week for six weeks for each finding of contempt. The contemnor may, at any time during
the six-week period, apply to the court to be released from the community service work
requirement under any of the following conditions:
(a) The contemnor provides proof to the court that the contemnor is gainfully employed
and submits to an order for income withholding pursuant to chapter 252D or to a
court-ordered wage assignment.
(b) The contemnor provides proof of payment of an amount equal to at least six months’
child support. The payment does not relieve the contemnor’s obligation for arrearages or
future payments.
(c) The contemnor provides proof to the court that, subsequent to entry of the order, the
contemnor’s circumstances have so changed that the contemnor is no longer able to fulfill
the terms of the community service order.
(2) The contemnor shall keep a record of and provide the following information to the
court at the court’s request, or to child support services created in section 252B.2, at the
request of child support services, when child support services is providing enforcement
services pursuant to chapter 252B:
(a) The duties performed as community service during each week that the contemnor is
subject to the community service requirements.
(b) The number of hours of community service performed during each week that the
contemnor is subject to the community service requirements.
(c) The name, address, and telephone number of the person supervising or arranging for
the performance of the community service.
(3) The performance of community service does not relieve the contemnor of any unpaid
accrued or accruing support obligation.
c. Enjoin the contemnor from engaging in the exercise of any activity governed by a
license.
(1) If the court determines that an extreme hardship will result from the injunction, the
court order may allow the contemnor to engage in the exercise of the activity governed by
the license, subject to terms established by the court, which shall include, at a minimum, that
the contemnor enter into an agreement to satisfy all obligations owing over a period of time
satisfactory to the court.
(2) If the court order allows for the exercise of the activity governed by a license pending
satisfactionofanobligationovertime, andthecontemnorfailstocomplywiththeagreement,
the contemnor shall be provided an opportunity for hearing, within ten days, to demonstrate
why an order enjoining the contemnor from engaging in the exercise of any activity governed
by a license should not be issued.
(3) The court order under this paragraph shall be vacated only after verification is
provided to the court that the contemnor has satisfied all accrued obligations owing and
that the contemnor has satisfied all terms established by the court and when the person
entitled to receive support payments, or child support services when child support services
is providing enforcement services pursuant to chapter 252B, has been provided ten days’
notice and an opportunity to object.
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(4) As used in this paragraph, “license” means any license or renewal of a license,
certification, or registration issued by an agency to a person to conduct a trade or business,
including but not limited to a license to practice a profession or occupation or to operate a
commercial motor vehicle.