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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Child” means a person who is less than age eighteen or a person who is age eighteen but less than age nineteen and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements prior to the person reaching age nineteen.
2. “Child support services” means the same as child support services created in section 252B.2.
3. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
5. “Mother” means a mother of the child for whom paternity is being established.
6. “Party” means a putative father or a mother, as named in an action.
7. “Paternity is at issue” means any of the following conditions:
a. A child was not born or conceived within marriage.
b. A child was born or conceived within marriage but a court has declared that the child is not the issue of the marriage.
8. “Paternity test” means and includes any form of blood, tissue, or genetic testing administered to determine the biological father of a child.
9. “Putative father” means a person alleged to be the biological father of a child.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 252F.1. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ia/title-vi-human-services-chs-216-255a/ia-code-sect-252f-1/
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