SF521 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Last action: 2025-03-27
Official status: Tabled until future meeting.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Tabled until future meeting.
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 12:00PM RM 19.
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Holt and Meyer, B. H.J. 813 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 720 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 723 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 581 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 579 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 425 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 418 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

521

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

521

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

374)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

payment

of

reasonable

attorney

fees

for

1

contempt

relative

to

a

dissolution

of

marriage

proceeding.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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S.F.

521

Section

1.

Section

598.23,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

e.

Direct

the

person

found

in

contempt

3

to

pay

the

reasonable

attorney

fees

incurred

by

a

party

as

a

4

result

of

the

person’s

actions

constituting

contempt.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

allows

a

court

that

finds

a

person

has

willfully

9

disobeyed

a

temporary

order

or

final

decree

in

a

dissolution

of

10

marriage

proceeding

to

direct

the

person

to

pay

the

reasonable

11

attorney

fees

incurred

by

a

party

as

a

result

of

the

person’s

12

actions

constituting

contempt.

13

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