252C.5 - FILING AND DOCKETING OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDER -- ORDER EFFECTIVE AS DISTRICT COURT DECREE.
252C.5 FILING AND DOCKETING OF FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY ORDER -- ORDER EFFECTIVE AS DISTRICT COURT DECREE.
1. A true copy of any order entered by the administrator pursuant
to this chapter, along with a true copy of the return of service, if
applicable, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district
court in the manner established pursuant to section 252C.4,
subsection 1.
2. The administrator's order shall be presented, ex parte, to the
district court for review and approval. Unless defects appear on the
face of the order or on the attachments, the district court shall
approve the order. The approved order shall have all the force,
effect, and attributes of a docketed order or decree of the district
court.
3. Upon filing, the clerk shall enter the order in the judgment
docket.
4. If the responsible party appeals the order approved by the
court under this section, and the court on appeal establishes an
amount of support which is less than the amount of support
established under the approved order, the court, in the order issued
on appeal, shall reconcile the amounts due and shall provide that any
amount which represents the unpaid difference between the amount
under the approved order and the amount under the order of the court
on appeal is satisfied. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1278, § 5; 89 Acts, ch 179, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §
504; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §23; 97 Acts, ch 175, § 54
Referred to in § 252C.3