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Uncontested Iowa Divorce - Des Moines
Good morning, Iowa divorce attorney Jeff Mathias discusses uncontested divorce, child custody and how to get started.
Free Legal Aid provides useful information about child custody. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.
Iowa law requires the court to order a child custody (link is external) award that includes liberal visitation rights so as to assure that the child has a maximum opportunity for continuing, physical and emotional contact with both parents. check to learn more.
Child Support and Visitation in Iowa
In Iowa, the court follows Iowa Code: Sections 598.21 and 598.22 as a basic layout of the rules for determining the amount of child support that is to be paid. The general principles that are considered when establishing the appropriate amount of support include the following: (1) the earning capacity of the parents; (2) any outstanding medical debt of either of the parents; check to learn more.