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Iowa Code § 710.6 (2026)

Violating custodial order

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1. A relative of a child who, acting in violation of an order of any court which fixes, permanently or temporarily, the custody or physical care of the child in another, takes and conceals the child, within or outside the state, from the person having lawful custody or physical care, commits a class “D” felony.

2. A parent of a child living apart from the other parent who conceals that child or causes that child’s whereabouts to be unknown to a parent with visitation rights or parental time in violation of a court order granting visitation rights or parental time and without the other parent’s consent, commits a serious misdemeanor. [C79, 81, §710.6] 85 Acts, ch 132, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1145, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: Wood v. Wood, 338 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1983).
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Wood v. Wood, 338 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 710.6 . If the child is removed from the state, the chances of extradition are slim, again because of the domestic overtones of the cases and the inherent inertia of law enforcement personnel in dealing with them.”
Sundholm v. City of Bettendorf, 389 N.W.2d 849 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 710.6 . Mary and her attorney then took the writ and the warrant to the Bettendorf police.”
State of Iowa v. Jonathon Hans Pion (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 10× “See Iowa Code § 710.6 (2017) (stating a relative of a child who violates a custodial order commits a class “D” felony).”
State of Iowa v. Briana Nicole Jenkins (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 710.6 (2). 2 See North Carolina v.”
State of Iowa v. Crystal L. Pion, 919 N.W.2d 768 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Crystal Pion appeals her conviction for violation of a custodial order, a class "D" felony in violation of Iowa Code section 710.6 (2015). On appeal, Pion maintains the district court abused its discretion when it denied her pro se motion for substitute counsel, which she filed…”
Iowa Code § 710.6(2): 1 case
State of Iowa v. Briana Nicole Jenkins (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). “Iowa Code § 710.6 (2). 2 See North Carolina v.”
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