Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 598B.106 (2026)
Effect of child-custody determination
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A child-custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state, or notified in accordance with section 598B.108, or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified. 99 Acts, ch 103, §6; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §96
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Cited in 2
cases, 2010–2011 · leading case: White v. Harper, 807 N.W.2d 289 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011).
White v. Harper, 807 N.W.2d 289 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011). “It is important that the court provide parents and a person such as McMinn, who has had physical custody of a child, an opportunity to be heard, because under Iowa Code section 598B.106 child-custody determinations of this state only bind a person if the person has been notified…”
Stauffer v. Temperle, 794 N.W.2d 317 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010). “See Iowa Code § 598B.106 (“A child-custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons .”
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