Iowa Code § 252E.2A - Satisfaction of medical support order

This section shall apply if child support services 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. Child support services is notified that the conditions of paragraph “c” are met and the parent ordered to provide medical support submits a written statement to child support services 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. Child support services 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 child support services 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. Child support services is notified that none of the conditions specified in subsection 1, paragraph “c”, still applies. b. Child support services 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 child support services issues the satisfaction termination notice. 3. Child support services 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 may match data for enrollees of the Hawki program created pursuant to chapter 514I with data of child support services to assist child support services 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. 2007 Acts, ch 218, §165, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §15 – 18, 20; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §899 Referred to in §252E.1A