Child support services must operate a state case registry and work with the judicial branch and district court clerk to populate it and share required records on the agreement’s timetable. Registry records are confidential and may only be disclosed or used as allowed by section 252B.9.
1. Child support services shall operate a state case registry to the extent determined by applicable time frames and other provisions of 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section. Child support services and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for the establishment and operation of the registry by child support services. The state case registry shall include records with respect to all of the following: a. Unless prohibited by federal law, each case for which services are provided under this chapter. b. Each order for support, as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1, which meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) The support order is established or modified in this state on or after October 1, 1998. (2) The income of the obligor is subject to income withholding under chapter 252D, including any support order for which the district court enters an ex parte order under chapter 252D on or after October 1, 1998. 2. The clerk of the district court shall provide child support services with any information, orders, or documents requested by child support services to establish or operate the state case registry, which are specified in the agreement described in subsection 1, within the time frames specified in that agreement. The agreement shall include but is not limited to provisions to provide for all of the following: a. Provision to child support services of information, orders, and documents necessary for child support services to meet requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section. b. Provision to child support services of information filed with the clerk of the district court by a party under section 598.22B, and the social security number of a child filed with the clerk of the district court under section 602.6111. c. Use of automation, as appropriate, to meet the requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section. 3. The records of the state case registry are confidential records pursuant to chapter 22 and may only be disclosed or used as provided in section 252B.9. 98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §15; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §58, 59; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §868 Referred to in §252B.13A, 598.22B, 602.8102(47B)