252B.25 - CONTEMPT -- COMBINING ACTIONS.
252B.25 CONTEMPT -- COMBINING ACTIONS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if an
obligor has been ordered to provide support in more than one order,
the unit may bring a single action for contempt to enforce the
multiple orders. However, if the obligor objects to the
consolidation of the actions regarding multiple orders into a single
action for contempt, and the court determines that severance of the
single action into multiple actions is in the interest of justice,
the unit shall bring multiple actions for contempt to enforce the
multiple orders. If the single action is brought and the obligor
does not object, the unit shall file the action in the district court
of a county where the obligor resides, or if the obligor does not
reside in the state, in the district court of the county where at
least one of the support orders was entered or registered. For the
purposes of this section, the district court where the unit files the
action shall have jurisdiction and authority over all other support
orders for the obligor entered or registered by a court of this state
and affected under this section. In such case, the unit shall also
file a document with the clerk of court in each county affected
specifying the county where the action under this section was filed
and the disposition of the action. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 112, §6