State Ex Rel. Schuder v. Schuder

Lorie and Ronnie Schuder are the divorced parents of three children. An administrative order for child support was entered against Ronnie in 1994. He was ordered to pay $586 in monthly child support for the three children, $502 when only two children were entitled to support, and $366 when only one child remained, eligible.

Lorie and Ronnie’s oldest child, Scott, was placed in foster care in August 1996. Under Iowa Code section 234.39 (1995 Supp.), parents bear the primary responsibility to pay for the costs of their children’s foster care services. Since 1992, a parent whose child was placed…