As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Caretaker” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person who is responsible for paying foster care costs pursuant to chapter 234 or whose needs are included in an assistance payment made pursuant to chapter 239B.
2. “Child support services” means child support services created in section 252B.2.
3. “Court order” means a judgment or order requiring the payment of a set or determinable amount of monetary support. For orders entered on or after July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise, medical support, as defined in section 252E.1, is not included in the amount of monetary support.
4. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
5. “Dependent child” means a person who meets the eligibility criteria established in chapter 234 or 239B and whose support is required by chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252F, 598, or 600B.
6. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
7. “Medical support” means medical support as defined in section 252E.1.
8. “Public assistance” means foster care costs paid by the department pursuant to chapter 234 or assistance provided pursuant to chapter 239B.
9. “Responsible person” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person legally liable for the support of a child or a child’s caretaker. 84 Acts, ch 1278, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §14, 15; 93 Acts, ch 79, §44; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §158, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §89; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §1, 10; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §872 Referred to in §252H.2 \n
Notes of Decisions
State Ex Rel. Mack by Mack v. Mack, 479 N.W.2d 327 (Iowa 1992).
· cites it 4× “Michele qualifies as a "responsible person” under the provisions of section 252C.1(7), to the extent it has been shown that, during the period of time for which the benefits were paid, the responsible party was financially able to provide that level of support.”
State Ex Rel. Heidick v. Balch, 533 N.W.2d 209 (Iowa 1995).
· cites it 2× “We must also reject [the mother’s] contention that the State was required to first seek reimbursement of the public assistance benefits from [the father] before attempting to recoup these sums from her.”
Hundt v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 545 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 4× “” In turn, Iowa Code § 252C.1(2) defines a "caretaker” as "a parent, relative, guardian, or another person .”
Iowa Code § 252C.1(2): 1 case
Hundt v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 545 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 1996).
“” In turn, Iowa Code § 252C.1(2) defines a "caretaker” as "a parent, relative, guardian, or another person .”
Iowa Code § 252C.1(7): 2 cases
State Ex Rel. Mack by Mack v. Mack, 479 N.W.2d 327 (Iowa 1992).
“Michele qualifies as a "responsible person” under the provisions of section 252C.1(7), to the extent it has been shown that, during the period of time for which the benefits were paid, the responsible party was financially able to provide that level of support.”
State Ex Rel. Heidick v. Balch, 533 N.W.2d 209 (Iowa 1995).
“We must also reject [the mother’s] contention that the State was required to first seek reimbursement of the public assistance benefits from [the father] before attempting to recoup these sums from her.”
Iowa Code § 252C.1(8): 1 case
Hundt v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 545 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 1996).
“” In turn, Iowa Code § 252C.1(2) defines a "caretaker” as "a parent, relative, guardian, or another person .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.