1. At any time after return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under article II may be terminated by an agreement to terminate signed by the deploying parent and the other parent.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 598C.401

  • Child: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Court: means a tribunal, including an administrative agency, authorized under a law of this state other than this chapter to make, enforce, or modify a decision regarding custodial responsibility. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Custodial responsibility: includes all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Deploying parent: means a service member who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment and is any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Deployment: means the movement or mobilization of a service member for more than ninety days but less than eighteen months pursuant to uniformed service orders that meet any of the following conditions:
     a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • 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
  • Other parent: means an individual who, in common with a deploying parent, is one of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 598C.102
  • Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. A temporary agreement under article II granting custodial responsibility terminates on one of the following dates:

 a. If an agreement to terminate under subsection 1 specifies a date for termination, on that date.
 b. If the agreement to terminate does not specify a date, on the date of the last signature of the deploying parent or the other parent.
 3. In the absence of an agreement under subsection 1 to terminate, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility terminates under article II sixty days after the deploying parent gives notice in a record to the other parent that the deploying parent returned from deployment.
 4. If a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility was filed with a court pursuant to section 598C.205, an agreement to terminate the temporary agreement also must be filed with that court within a reasonable time after the signing of the agreement. The case number and heading of the case concerning custodial responsibility or child support must be provided to the court with the agreement to terminate.
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