State Ex Rel. Allee v. Gocha

NEUMAN, Justice.

This ease concerns the constitutionality of Iowa Code section 252C.5(2) (1995), a statute authorizing department of human services agents to prepare orders for child support and present them to the district court for summary approval. The statute’s constitutionality has been challenged, not by a litigant, but by the district court. The court refused to approve a support order routinely presented by the agency, ruling that section 252C.5(2) limits the court’s ability to carry out its judicial function and thereby violates the separation of powers doctrine. Because we find room…