Terms Used In Iowa Code 252H.13

• Child: means a child as defined in section 252B. See Iowa Code 252H.2
• Cost-of-living alteration: means a change in an existing child support order which equals an amount which is the amount of the support obligation following application of the percentage change of the consumer price index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as published in the federal register by the federal department of labor, bureau of labor statistics. See Iowa Code 252H.2
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Parent: means , for the purposes of requesting a review of a support order and for being entitled to notice under this chapter:
   (1) The individual ordered to pay support pursuant to the order. See Iowa Code 252H.2
• Review: means an objective evaluation conducted through a proceeding before a court, administrative body, or an agency, of information necessary for the application of a state's mandatory child support guidelines to determine:
   (1) The appropriate monetary amount of support. See Iowa Code 252H.2
• Support order: means an order for support issued pursuant to this chapter, chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252E, 252F, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of court or certified to the child support recovery unit. See Iowa Code 252H.2
• unit: means the child support recovery unit created pursuant to section 252B. See Iowa Code 252H.2