Senate File 223 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 223
AN ACT
RELATING TO SUPPORT OF THE POOR BY CERTAIN RELATIVES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 252.13, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
252.13 Recovery by county.
1. Any county having expended money for the assistance or
support of a poor person under this chapter, may recover the
money from any of the following as follows:
a. From 1. If the poor person is living, from the person
if the person becomes able, or from the person's estate.
b. From relatives by action brought within two years from
the payment of the assistance or support.
c. From the poor person by action brought within two years
after the person becomes able.
d. From2. a. If the poor person is deceased, from the
person's estate, by filing the claim as provided by law.
2. b. There shall be allowed against the person's estate
a claim of the sixth class for that portion of the liability
to the county which exceeds the total amount of all claims of
the first through the fifth classes, inclusive, as defined in
section 633.425, which are allowed against that estate.
Sec. 2. Section 600B.1, Code 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
600B.1 Obligation of parents.
The parents of a child born out of wedlock and not
legitimized (in this chapter referred to as "the child") owe
the child necessary maintenance, education, and support. They
are also liable for the child's funeral expenses. The father
is also liable to pay the expense of the mother's pregnancy and
confinement. The obligation of the parent to support the child
under the laws for the support of poor relatives applies to
children born out of wedlock.
Sec. 3. REPEAL. Sections 252.2, 252.3, 252.4, 252.5, 252.6,
252.7, 252.8, 252.9, and 252.15, Code 2015, are repealed.
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 223, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2015
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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