1. The unit may administratively adjust or modify or may provide for an administrative cost-of-living alteration of a support order entered under chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, or 600B, or any other support chapter if the unit is providing enforcement services pursuant to chapter 252B. The unit is not required to intervene to administratively adjust or modify or provide for an administrative cost-of-living alteration of a support order under this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 252H.4

  • 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
  • Modification: means either of the following:
     (1) A change, correction, or termination of an existing support order. See Iowa Code 252H.2
  • 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
  • Party: means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter. See Iowa Code 252A.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
 2. The unit is a party to an action initiated pursuant to this chapter.
 3. The unit shall conduct a review to determine whether an adjustment is appropriate or, upon the request of a parent or upon the unit’s own initiative, determine whether a modification is appropriate.
 4. The unit shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish the process for the review of requests for adjustment, the criteria and procedures for conducting a review and determining when an adjustment is appropriate, the procedure and criteria for a cost-of-living alteration, the criteria and procedure for a request for review pursuant to section 252H.18A, and other rules necessary to implement this chapter.
 5. Legal representation of the unit shall be provided pursuant to section 252B.7, subsection 4.
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