252E.2A - SATISFACTION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT ORDER.
252E.2A SATISFACTION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT ORDER.
This section shall apply if the child support recovery unit is
providing services under chapter 252B.
1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and without a court
order, a medical support order for a child shall be deemed satisfied
with regard to the department, the child, the obligor, and the
obligee for the period during which all of the following conditions
are met:
a. The order is issued under any applicable chapter of the
Code.
b. The unit is notified that the conditions of paragraph
"c" are met and the parent ordered to provide medical support
submits a written statement to the unit that the requirements of
paragraph "c" are met.
c. The parent ordered to provide medical support meets at
least one of the following conditions:
(1) The parent is an inmate of an institution under the control
of the department of corrections or a comparable institution in
another state.
(2) The parent's monthly child support obligation under the
guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B is the minimum
obligation amount.
(3) The parent is a recipient of assistance under chapter 239B or
249A, or under comparable laws of another state.
(4) The parent is residing with any child for whom the parent is
legally responsible and that child is a recipient of assistance under
chapter 239B, 249A, or 514I, or under comparable laws of another
state. For purposes of this subparagraph, "legally responsible"
means the parent has a legal obligation to the child as specified in
Iowa court rule 9.7 of the child support guidelines.
d. The unit files a notice of satisfaction with the clerk of
the district court. The effective date of the satisfaction shall be
stated in the notice and the effective date shall be no later than
forty-five days after the unit issues the notice of satisfaction.
2. If a medical support order is satisfied under subsection 1,
the satisfaction shall continue until all of the following apply:
a. The unit is notified that none of the conditions specified
in subsection 1, paragraph "c", still applies.
b. The unit files a satisfaction termination notice that the
requirements for a satisfaction under this section no longer apply.
The effective date shall be stated in the satisfaction termination
notice and the effective date shall be no later than forty-five days
after the unit issues the satisfaction termination notice.
3. The unit shall mail a copy of the notice of satisfaction and
the satisfaction termination notice to the last known address of the
obligor and obligee.
4. The department of human services may match data for enrollees
of the hawk-i program created pursuant to chapter 514I with data of
the unit to assist the unit in implementing this section.
5. An order, decree, or judgment entered or pending on or before
July 1, 2009, that provides for the support of a child may be
satisfied as provided in this section. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 218, §165, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §15--18, 20
Referred to in § 252E.1A Footnotes
For transition provisions applicable to existing child support
recovery unit rules, procedures, definitions, and requirements, and
for nullification of 441 IAC rule 98.3, see 2007 Acts, ch 218, §186