Child support services must make services available to certain individuals, the application must be filed with the department, the director may collect certain fees, and records of fees must be kept.
1. The child support and paternity determination services established by the department pursuant to this chapter and other appropriate services provided by law including but not limited to the provisions of chapters 239B, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 598, and 600B shall be made available by child support services to an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient upon application by the individual for the services or upon referral as described in subsection 4. The application shall be filed with the department. 2. The director may collect a fee to cover the costs incurred by the department for service of process, genetic testing, and court costs if the entity providing the service charges a fee for the services. 3. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be considered appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes of child support services. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of the fees collected and expended. 4. Child support services shall also provide child support and paternity determination services and shall respond as provided in federal law for an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient if child support services receives a request from any of the following: a. A child support agency. b. A foreign country as defined in chapter 252K. [C77, 79, 81, §252B.4] 83 Acts, ch 153, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §101, 102; 93 Acts, ch 78, §6, 7; 93 Acts, ch 79, §37; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §39; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §27 – 29 ; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §143, 151 ; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §118; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §55; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §84; 2019 Acts, ch 112, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §846; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §159 Referred to in §252B.2, 252H.5