2025 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 252D - SUPPORT PAYMENTS — INCOME WITHHOLDING
Section 252D.19A - Disparity between order and pay dates — not delinquent.

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IA Code § 252D.19A (2025)
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252D.19A Disparity between order and pay dates — not delinquent.

1. An obligor whose support payments are automatically withheld from the obligor’s paycheck shall not be delinquent or in arrears if all of the following conditions are met:

a. Any delinquency or arrearage is caused solely by a disparity between the schedules of the obligor’s regular pay dates and the scheduled date the support is due.

b. The amount calculated to be withheld is such that the total amount of current support to be withheld from the paychecks of the obligor and the amount ordered to be paid in the support order are the same on an annual basis.

c. The automatic deductions for support are continuous and occurring.

2. If child support services takes an enforcement action during a calendar year against an obligor and the obligor is not delinquent or in arrears solely due to the applicability of this section to the obligor, upon discovering the circumstances, child support services shall promptly discontinue the enforcement action.

97 Acts, ch 175, §65; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §891

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