For purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:
1. “Department” means the department of justice.
2. “Emergency shelter services” include but are not limited to secure crisis shelters or
housing for victims of sexual abuse.
3. “Plaintiff” includes a person filing an action on behalf of an unemancipated minor.
4. “Pro se” means proceeding on one’s own behalf without legal representation.
5. “Sexual abuse” means any commission of a crime defined in chapter 709 or section
726.2 or 728.12. “Sexual abuse” also means any commission of a crime in another jurisdiction
under a statute that is substantially similar to any crime defined in chapter 709 or section
726.2 or 728.12.
6. “Support services” include but are not limited to legal services, counseling services,
transportation services, child care services, and advocacy services.
2017 Acts, ch 121, §5
Referred to in §507B.4
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
8
cases (
6 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case:
T.M. v. C.M. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
T.M. v. C.M. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 236A.2(5). In challenging the protective order, C.”
A.N. v. J.G. (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 236A.2(5). The only crime that would fit the circumstances of this case is sexual abuse in the third degree, which, in relevant part, is defined by Iowa Code section 709.”
R.M. v. D.S. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 2× “[and] [t]he act is done by force or against the will of another person.”
A.W., on behalf of N.W. v. M.T. (Iowa Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 236A.2(5). As the district court found, chapter 709 prohibits sex acts with a child.”
T.D. v. J.P. (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
“§ 236A.2. In chapter 709, sexual abuse is defined as “any sex act” performed by force or against the will of the other person or while the other person is suffering from “incapacity which precludes giving consent.”
J.F. on behalf of B.A.F. v. K.M. (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
“” The question is whether there is substantial evidence supporting the juvenile court’s finding that it is more likely sexual abuse occurred than did not.”
K.C. v. T.L. (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
“§ 236A.2(5) (stating, in part, that the commission of any crime defined in chapter 709 is sexual abuse under chapter 236A).”
— Iowa Code § 236A.2(5) — 7 cases
T.M. v. C.M. (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“” Iowa Code § 236A.2(5). In challenging the protective order, C.”
A.N. v. J.G. (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
“See Iowa Code § 236A.2(5). The only crime that would fit the circumstances of this case is sexual abuse in the third degree, which, in relevant part, is defined by Iowa Code section 709.”
R.M. v. D.S. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
“[and] [t]he act is done by force or against the will of another person.”
J.F. on behalf of B.A.F. v. K.M. (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
“” The question is whether there is substantial evidence supporting the juvenile court’s finding that it is more likely sexual abuse occurred than did not.”
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