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2025 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 252F - ADMINISTRATIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY
Section 252F.2 - Jurisdiction.

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IA Code § 252F.2 (2025)
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252F.2 Jurisdiction.

1. In any case in which child support services is providing services pursuant to chapter 252B and paternity is at issue, proceedings may be initiated by child support services pursuant to this chapter for the sole purpose of establishing paternity and any accrued or accruing child support or medical support obligations. Proceedings under this chapter are in addition to other means of establishing paternity or support. Issues in addition to establishment of paternity or support obligations shall not be addressed in proceedings initiated under this chapter.

2. An action to establish paternity and support under this chapter may be brought within the time limitations set forth in section 614.8.

93 Acts, ch 79, §15; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §905

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