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Iowa Code ch. 598

Dissolution of Marriage and Domestic Relations

598.1Definitions 598.2Jurisdiction and venue 598.2AChoice of law 598.3Kind of action — joinder 598.4Caption of petition for dissolution 598.5Contents of petition — verification — evidence 598.7Mediation 598.8Hearings — exceptions 598.9Residence — failure of proof 598.10Temporary orders 598.11How temporary order made — changes — retroactive modification 598.12Guardian ad litem for minor child 598.12AAttorney for minor child 598.12BChild custody investigators and child and family reporters 598.13Financial statements filed 598.14Attachment 598.15Mandatory course — parties to certain proceedings 598.16Conciliation — domestic relations divisions 598.17Dissolution of marriage — evidence 598.18Recrimination not a bar to dissolution of marriage 598.19Waiting period before decree 598.20Forfeiture of marital rights 598.20ABeneficiary revocation — life insurance 598.20BBeneficiary revocation — other contracts 598.21Orders for disposition of property 598.21AOrders for spousal support 598.21BOrders for child support and medical support 598.21CModification of child, spousal, or medical support orders 598.21DRelocation of parent as grounds to modify order of child custody 598.21EContesting paternity to challenge child support order 598.21FPostsecondary education subsidy 598.21GMinor parent — parenting classes 598.22Support payments — clerk of court — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — defaults — security 598.22ASatisfaction of support payments 598.22BInformation required in order or judgment 598.22CChild support — social security disability dependent benefits 598.22DSeparate fund or conservatorship for support 598.23Contempt proceedings — alternatives to jail sentence 598.23AContempt proceedings for provisions of support payments — activity governed by a license 598.24Costs if party is in default or contempt 598.25Parties and court granting marriage dissolution decree — notice 598.26Record — impounding — violation indictable 598.28Separate maintenance and annulment 598.29Annulling illegal marriage — causes 598.30Validity determined 598.31Children — legitimacy 598.32Annulment — compensation 598.33Order to vacate 598.34Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments 598.36Attorney fees in proceeding to modify order or decree 598.37Name change 598.41Custody of children 598.41AVisitation — history of crimes against a minor 598.41BVisitation — restrictions — murder of parent 598.42Notice of certain orders by clerk of court