IOWA DHS EX REL. GREENHAW v. STEWART

No. 96-706.

579 N.W.2d 321 (1998)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ex rel. Sun GREENHAW, Mother of Saasha Celestial-One, Richard Winlock Stewart, and Kane Lennon Richardsun, Appellant, v. Richard Warren STEWART, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Gillespie, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Mark H. Rettig of Hines, Pence, Day & Powers, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Diane Stahle, Special Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Parker, Assistant Attorney General, and Corenne M. Liabo, Assistant County Attorney, for amicus curiae State of Iowa.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

The State of Iowa, acting through a child support recovery unit, attempted to use the child support recovery provisions of Iowa Code chapters 252A and 252B (1993) to modify a prior order that required a father to pay $40 per week for each of three children. The State's petition alleged that the amount of support was inadequate under our child support guidelines. The district court dismissed the petition on the ground that the court lacked subject...

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