252E.2A Satisfaction of medical support order.
This section shall apply if the child support recovery unit is providing services under chapter 252B.
1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and without a court order, a medical support order for a child shall be deemed satisfied with regard to the department, the child, the obligor, and the obligee for the period during which all of the following conditions are met:
a. The order is issued under any applicable chapter of the Code.
b. The unit is notified that the conditions of paragraph “c” are met and the parent ordered to provide medical support submits a written statement to the unit that the requirements of paragraph “c” are met.
c. The parent ordered to provide medical support meets at least one of the following conditions:
(1) The parent is an inmate of an institution under the control of the department of corrections or a comparable institution in another state.
(2) The parent’s monthly child support obligation under the guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B is the minimum obligation amount.
(3) The parent is a recipient of assistance under chapter 239B or 249A, or under comparable laws of another state.
(4) The parent is residing with any child for whom the parent is legally responsible and that child is a recipient of assistance under chapter 239B, 249A, or 514I, or under comparable laws of another state. For purposes of this subparagraph, “legally responsible” means the parent has a legal obligation to the child as specified in
Iowa court rule 9.7
of the child support guidelines.
d. The unit files a notice of satisfaction with the clerk of the district court. The effective date of the satisfaction shall be stated in the notice and the effective date shall be no later than forty-five days after the unit issues the notice of satisfaction.
2. If a medical support order is satisfied under subsection 1, the satisfaction shall continue until all of the following apply:
a. The unit is notified that none of the conditions specified in subsection 1, paragraph “c”, still applies.
b. The unit files a satisfaction termination notice that the requirements for a satisfaction under this section no longer apply. The effective date shall be stated in the satisfaction termination notice and the effective date shall be no later than forty-five days after the unit issues the satisfaction termination notice.
3. The unit shall mail a copy of the notice of satisfaction and the satisfaction termination notice to the last known address of the obligor and obligee.
4. The department of human services may match data for enrollees of the hawk-i program created pursuant to chapter 514I with data of the unit to assist the unit in implementing this section.
5. An order, decree, or judgment entered or pending on or before July 1, 2009, that provides for the support of a child may be satisfied as provided in this section.
2007 Acts, ch 218, §165, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §15 – 18, 20
Referred to in §252E.1A
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