Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-95.2 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Child support eligibility and services

(1) Public assistance cases. Child support services will provide paternity establishment and support establishment, modification and enforcement services as appropriate, under federal and state laws and rules for children and families referred to child support services who have applied for or are receiving public assistance. Referrals under this subrule may be made by the family investment program (FIP), the Medicaid program, the foster care program, or agencies of other states providing child support services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act as amended to August 1, 2024, for recipients of public assistance.
(2) Nonpublic assistance cases. The same services provided by child support services for public assistance cases will also be made available to any person not otherwise eligible for public assistance. A person who is not on public assistance requesting services under this chapter will complete and submit to child support services a form prescribed by the department, or an electronic version of such application, for each parent from whom the person is seeking support. The person requesting services has the option to seek support from one or both of a child's parents. Child support services will not require an application from the following:
a. Persons not receiving public assistance for whom an agency of another state providing Title IV-D child support services has requested services.
b. Persons for whom a foreign country as defined in Iowa Code chapter 252K has requested services.
c. Persons who are eligible for continued services upon termination of assistance under the family investment program or Medicaid.
(3) Services available. Except as provided by separate rule, child support services will provide the same services to persons receiving public assistance and persons not receiving public assistance. Child support services will determine the appropriate enforcement procedure to be used. The services are limited to the establishment of paternity, the establishment and enforcement of child support obligations and medical support obligations, and the enforcement of spousal support orders if the spouse is the custodial parent of a child for whom the department is enforcing a child support or medical support order.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-95.2
Amended by IAB February 12, 2020/Volume XLII, Number 17, effective 3/18/2020 Amended by IAB December 28, 2022/Volume XLV, Number 13, effective 2/1/2023 Adopted by IAB February 19, 2025/Volume XLVII, Number 17, effective 4/1/2025

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