Terms Used In Iowa Code 598B.402

  • Child-custody determination: means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child. See Iowa Code 598B.102
  • Child-custody proceeding: means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. See Iowa Code 598B.102
 A motion or other request for relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody determination which was commenced before July 1, 1999, is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.