Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 249B - Medical Assistance to Institutionalized Spouses

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Community spouse: means an individual who has not resided or is not likely to reside in a hospital or a health care facility for more than twenty-nine consecutive days and is married to an institutionalized spouse. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• Community spouse resource allowance: means a resource amount established for a community spouse pursuant to state policy adopted in accordance with the federal Social Security Act, section 1924(f)(2), as codified in 42 U. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• Court order: means a judgment or order of a court of this state or another state requiring the payment of a set or determinable amount of monetary support. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• 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
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Institutionalized spouse: means a married individual who has resided or is likely to reside in a hospital or a health care facility for more than twenty-nine consecutive days. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Medical assistance: means "mandatory medical assistance" "optional medical assistance" "discretionary medical assistance" or "Medicare cost sharing" as defined in section 249A. See Iowa Code 249B.1
• 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.
• Party: means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter. See Iowa Code 252A.2
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1