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Iowa Code § 726.5 — Nonsupport
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Subchapter I: General Provisions, Iowa Code.
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Full text of Iowa Code § 726.5
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
1. a. A person, who being able to do so, fails or refuses to provide support for the person’s child or protected person under the age of eighteen years for a period longer than one year or in an amount greater than five thousand dollars commits the offense of nonsupport.
b. A person shall not be held to have violated this section if the person fails to support any child or protected person under the age of eighteen who has left the home of the parent or other person having legal custody of the child or protected person without the consent of that parent or person having legal custody of the child or protected person.
2. “Support”, for the purposes of this section, means any support which has been fixed by court order, or, in the absence of any such order or decree, the minimal requirements of food, clothing or shelter.
3. Nonsupport is a class “D” felony.
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