2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 1 - Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 598 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
598.23 - CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS -- ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL SENTENCE.

        598.23  CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS -- ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL
      SENTENCE.
         1.  If a person against whom a temporary order or final decree has
      been entered willfully disobeys the order or decree, the person may
      be cited and punished by the court for contempt and be committed to
      the county jail for a period of time not to exceed thirty days for
      each offense.
         2.  The court may, as an alternative to punishment for contempt,
      make an order which, according to the subject matter of the order or
      decree involved, does the following:
         a.  Withholds income under the terms and conditions of chapter
      252D.
         b.  Modifies visitation to compensate for lost visitation time
      or establishes joint custody for the child or transfers custody.
         c.  Directs the parties to provide contact with the child
      through a neutral party or neutral site or center.
         d.  Imposes sanctions or specific requirements or orders the
      parties to participate in mediation to enforce the joint custody
      provisions of the decree.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10482; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
      598.15; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 598.23] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1133, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 67, §56; 85 Acts, ch 178, §9;
      88 Acts, ch 1218, §9; 97 Acts, ch 175, §196, 197
         Referred to in § 96.3, 234.39, 598.22, 598.23A, 642.21 

         Footnotes

         Pilot program to provide employment and support services to
      delinquent child support obligors as an alternative to commitment to
      jail; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §6; 2007 Acts, ch
      218, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §5