Iowa Code 252H.22 – Support orders subject to cost-of-living alteration
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A support order meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for a cost-of-living alteration under this subchapter.
1. The support order is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purposes of a cost-of-living alteration.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252H.22
- 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
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- State: means "state" as defined in chapter 252K. 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
2. The support order provides for the ongoing support of at least one child under the age of eighteen or a child between the ages of eighteen and nineteen who has not yet graduated from high school but who is reasonably expected to graduate from high school before attaining the age of nineteen.3. The unit is providing enforcement services for the ongoing support obligation pursuant to chapter 252B.4. A parent requests a cost-of-living alteration as provided in section 252H.23.5. The support order addresses medical support for the child.6. The support order is not subject to the social security disability provisions pursuant to sections 598.22 and 598.22C.