Iowa Department of Human Services ex rel. Greenhaw v. Stewart

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 matter jurisdiction. On this appeal, the father asserts a lack of appellate jurisdiction because the children’s mother, who had…