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IA HF511
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
John Wills
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AI Summary
- Requires courts to establish medical support under Iowa Code chapter 252E upon a finding of paternity for a child born out of wedlock
- Allows courts to order fathers to pay reasonable and necessary uncovered medical expenses related to prenatal care, pregnancy, birth, and postnatal care of both the child and mother
- Establishes that uncovered pregnancy and birth-related medical expenses must be split between parents in proportion to their respective net incomes under child support guidelines, accounting for any amounts already paid by the father
- Permits courts to order fathers to pay additional reasonable expenses incurred by the mother during pregnancy and for essential newborn items
- Prohibits blood or genetic paternity tests from being conducted until after the child's birth
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to a father's obligation for payment of expenses including those related to a mother's pregnancy and the birth of a child born out of wedlock.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 376.
2/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/20/2025
Full Bill Text
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