252H.4 - ROLE OF THE CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY UNIT.
252H.4 ROLE OF THE CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY UNIT.
1. The unit may administratively adjust or modify or may provide
for an administrative cost-of-living alteration of a support order
entered under chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, or 600B, or any other
support chapter if the unit is providing enforcement services
pursuant to chapter 252B. The unit is not required to intervene to
administratively adjust or modify or provide for an administrative
cost-of-living alteration of a support order under this chapter.
2. The unit is a party to an action initiated pursuant to this
chapter.
3. The unit shall conduct a review to determine whether an
adjustment is appropriate or, upon the request of a parent or upon
the unit's own initiative, determine whether a modification is
appropriate.
4. The unit shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
establish the process for the review of requests for adjustment, the
criteria and procedures for conducting a review and determining when
an adjustment is appropriate, the procedure and criteria for a
cost-of-living alteration, the criteria and procedure for a request
for review pursuant to section 252H.18A, and other rules necessary to
implement this chapter.
5. Legal representation of the unit shall be provided pursuant to
section 252B.7, subsection 4. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 78, §27; 97 Acts, ch 175, §98