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Iowa Code § 598.2 (2026)

Jurisdiction and venue

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The district court has original jurisdiction of the subject matter of this chapter. Venue shall be in the county where either party resides. [C51, §1480; R60, §2532; C73, §2220; C97, §3171; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10468; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §598.1; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §598.2]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1947–2024 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of Engler, 532 N.W.2d 747 (Iowa 1995).
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In Re the Marriage of Engler, 532 N.W.2d 747 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 20× “Iowa Code § 598.2 (1975). The legislature has since rewritten section 598.”
Niles v. Iowa Dist. Court for Polk Cnty., 683 N.W.2d 539 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 12× “The district court denied her request. On review of the district court’s order via certiorari, the court of appeals determined that the venue provision contained in Iowa Code section 598.”
In Re the Marriage of Bouska, 256 N.W.2d 196 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 16× “Subject-matter jurisdiction of dissolution actions is conferred on the district court by § 598.2, The Code, which provides: The district court in the county where either party resides has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this chapter.”
Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393 (1975). · cites it 2× “Jurisdiction over a petition for dissolution is established by statute in "the county where either party resides," Iowa Code § 598.2 (1973), and the Iowa courts have construed the term "resident" to have much the same meaning as is ordinarily associated with the concept of…”
In Re the Marriage of McKenzie, 709 N.W.2d 528 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “The quoted portion of section 598.2 1(8) is now contained in section 598.”
Wharff v. Wharff, 56 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1952). · cites it 8× “Section 598.2 of the Code of 1950, relied upon by plaintiff,.”
In Re the Marriage of Hoak, 364 N.W.2d 185 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 598.2 provides the district court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of a dissolution action, which includes: (1) the award of custody, Iowa Code section 598.”
Teri Root v. Talton Toney, 841 N.W.2d 83 (Iowa 2013). “§ 598.2. Taitón specifically relies on Hinds v.”
Weaver Constr. Co. v. Heitland, 348 N.W.2d 230 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 598.2 (contempt in dissolution actions), 553.”
In Re the Marriage of Butterfield, 500 N.W.2d 95 (Iowa Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 598.2 (1989) provides that the district court has original jurisdiction of dissolution actions and that venue shall be in the county where either party resides.”
In Re the Marriage of Bolson, 394 N.W.2d 361 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 598.2 , 598.35 (1985); In re Marriage of Reschly, 334 N.”
Bristow v. Pagano, 29 N.W.2d 423 (Iowa 1947). · cites it 4× “Was there a misjoinder of causes of action? Section 598.2, Code, 1946, provides: “An action for a divorce shall be by equitable proceedings, and no cause of action, save for alimony, shall be joined therewith.”
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— Iowa Code § 598.2(6) — 1 case
In re the Marriage of Bojanski (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
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