State Ex Rel. Heidick v. Balch

LAVORATO, Justice.

The State appeals from a district court order setting off the amount of monthly child support a mother owes to a father for one child against the monthly support the father owes to the mother for another child. The setoff results in a difference of $68. The court directed the mother to pay this amount. The State is the assignee of the mother’s support payments to the father under Iowa Code chapter 252C (1993). As such assignee, the State raises two issues.

First, the State is entitled to receive the entire amount of the monthly support the mother owes the father, or $255. The…