Iowa § 252H.4 - 252H.4 Role of child support services.
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§ 252H.4. 252H.4 Role of child support services.
1. Child support services 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 child support services is providing enforcement services pursuant to chapter 252B. Child support services 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. 2. Child support services is a party to an action initiated pursuant to this chapter. 3. Child support services shall conduct a review to determine whether an adjustment is appropriate or, upon the request of a parent or upon child support services’ own initiative, determine whether a modification is appropriate. 4. Child support services 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 child support services shall be provided pursuant to section 252B.7, subsection 4. 93 Acts, ch 78, §27; 97 Acts, ch 175, §98; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §923 Thu Dec 11 19:16:10 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 252H.4 (19, 0)
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Section 252H.4 ("252H.4 Role of child support services.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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