Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-101.15 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Financial information-administrative modification
Child support services may attempt to obtain and verify information concerning the financial circumstances of the parents subject to the order to be modified that is necessary to conduct an analysis and determine support. Child support services does not require financial information if the request is for a cost-of-living alteration.
(1)
Financial statements.
Parents subject to the order must provide a financial statement and
verification of income within ten days of a written request by child support
services.
a. If the modification action is
based on a substantial change of circumstances:
(1) The requesting party must provide a form
prescribed by the department, and documentation that proves the amount of
change in net income and the date the change took place, such as:
1. Copies of state and federal income tax
returns, W-2 statements, or pay stubs, or
2. A signed statement from an employer or
other source of income.
(2) Child support services will review the
request and documentation. If appropriate, child support services will issue to
each parent a notice of intent to modify the order as stated in subrule
101.14(1) and a financial statement. Each parent must complete and sign the
financial statement and return it to child support services with verification
of income and deductions as described in subrule 99.1(3).
b. Child support services may require a
completed and signed financial statement and verification of income from each
parent as described in subrule 99.1(3) if the modification is based on:
(1) Addition of a child;
(2) Changing a reserved or zero-dollar-amount
obligation;
(3) Changing a
medical-provisions-only obligation;
(4) Making a correction (if financial
information is needed); or
(5)
Noncompliance by a minor obligor as defined in Iowa Code section
598.21B(2)
"e" or 598.21G.
c. Child support services may also request
that a parent requesting a modification provide an affidavit regarding the
financial circumstances of the nonrequesting parent when child support services
is otherwise unable to obtain financial information concerning the
nonrequesting parent. The requesting parent must complete the affidavit if the
parent possesses sufficient information to do so.
d. Child support services may also use
occupational wage rate information or the median income for parents on child
support services' caseload to determine the gross income of a parent when a
parent has failed to return a completed financial statement when requested and
complete and accurate information is not readily available from other
sources.
e. Self-employment income
will be determined as described in subrule 99.1(5).
(2)
Independent sources.
Child support services may use other resources to obtain or confirm information
concerning the financial circumstances of the parents subject to the order to
be modified as described in rule
441-99.1 (234,252B,252H).
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