Family Law

Name and Legal Identity

Getting a certified copy of your birth certificate
Changing a child's name
Changing an adult's name
Changing gender or "sex designation" on a birth certificate in Iowa

Paternity/Parentage

Establishing paternity
Challenging paternity

Custody & Visitation

Understanding custody
How to ask the court for custody or visitation
Factors courts consider in determining joint custody
Enforcing custody and visitation orders
Modifying a custody or visitation order
Grandparent visitation
Family mediation and counseling

Child Support

Child support overview
Iowa Child Support Guidelines
Modifying child support
Enforcing and collecting child support

Parental Rights

Parents' rights and responsibilities during kinship/foster case
Terminating parental rights in Iowa
Voluntary termination of parental rights for adoption

Foster Care & Adoption

Becoming a foster parent
Adoption in Iowa
The adoption process in Iowa
Birth parents and the adoption process
Accessing adoption records

Emancipation

Emancipation of a minor
Options other than emancipation

Marriage

Marriage in Iowa
Premarital (prenuptial) agreements
Common law marriage

Divorce

Divorce in Iowa
Spousal support
Annulments

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