Iowa § 598C.105 Notification required of deploying parent

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§ 598C.105 — Notification required of deploying parent

Iowa § 598C.105

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 598CUNIFORM DEPLOYED PARENTS CUSTODY AND VISITATION ACT

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Iowa Code § 598C.105 (2026).

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1.Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, and subject to subsection 3, a deploying parentshallnotifytheotherparent, inarecord, ofapendingdeployment, notlaterthanseven days after receiving notice of deployment, unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service. If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within thesevendays, thedeployingparentshallgivethenotificationassoonasreasonablypossible.

2.Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, and subject to subsection 3, each parent shall provide the other parent with a plan in a record for fulfilling that parent’s share of custodial responsibility during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under subsection 1. 3.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, and subject to subsection 3, a deploying
parentshallnotifytheotherparent, inarecord, ofapendingdeployment, notlaterthanseven
days after receiving notice of deployment, unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the
circumstances of service. If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within
thesevendays, thedeployingparentshallgivethenotificationassoonasreasonablypossible.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, and subject to subsection 3, each parent
shall provide the other parent with a plan in a record for fulfilling that parent’s share of
custodial responsibility during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as
reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under subsection 1.
3. If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact
information of the other parent, notification of deployment under subsection 1 or notification
of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under subsection 2 may be made
only to the issuing court. If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court,
the court shall forward the notification to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential
the address or contact information of the other parent.
4. Notification in a record under subsection 1 or 2 is not required if the parents are living
in the same residence and both parents have actual notice of the deployment or plan.
5. In a proceeding regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the
reasonableness of a parent’s efforts to comply with this section.