1. Whenever a proceeding is initiated in a court for adoption involving the children of parents or guardians whose marriage has been dissolved, or for modification of a judgment of alimony, child support, or custody granted in an action for dissolution of marriage, the following requirements must be met if such proceedings are initiated in a court other than the court which granted the dissolution decree.
a. The party initiating such proceedings must present to the court the names and addresses of the parties to the dissolution decree if known, as well as the name and place of the court which granted the dissolution decree and the date of the decree.
b. The court in which the proceedings are initiated shall cause notice of such proceedings to be served upon the parties to the original action unless either or both parties are deceased.
2. Such court, or either of the parties to the dissolution decree, may request that a copy of the transcript of the proceedings of the court which granted the dissolution decree be made available for consideration in the new proceedings. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §598.25] 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261 \n
Notes of Decisions
Allen v. Lindeman, 148 N.W.2d 610 (Iowa 1967).
· cites it 4× “Defendant's attack on the Iowa decree is based on Code, 1966, section 598.25 which reads in part as follows: "* * * No decree of divorce shall be granted * * * before sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date the original notice was served * * *.”
Cook v. Cook, 146 N.W.2d 273 (Iowa 1966).
· cites it 6× “March 23 an appearance was filed by an attorney on behalf of defendant and plaintiff filed a motion supported by his affidavit, moving the court to waive ’the waiting *828 period in the case provided by section 598.25. That day a decree was entered granting plaintiff’s motion,…”
Pierce v. Pierce, 287 N.W.2d 879 (Iowa 1980).
· cites it 2× “In his petition, Douglas complied with the provisions of section 598.25 by presenting to the court the names and addresses of the parties to the dissolution decree and the name and place of the court that granted the decree, as well as the date of the decree.”
In Re the Marriage of Russell, 490 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1992).
· cites it 2× “Section 598.25 provides that an Iowa trial court may modify child support granted in a foreign dissolution decree when the party initiating the proceedings presents the court with the names and addresses of the parties to the dissolution decree, the name and place of the court…”
Brown v. Brown, 269 N.W.2d 819 (Iowa 1978).
“The rule is not affected by § 598.25, The Code, because that provision relates to modifying judgments for alimony rather than to allowing alimony not ordered in the original decree.”
In re the Marriage of Gray (Iowa Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 4× “granted in an action for dissolution of marriage, [certain] requirements must be met if such proceedings are initiated in a court other than the court which granted the dissolution decree.”
— Iowa Code § 598.25(2) — 1 case
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