{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-598.24","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 598.24","heading":"Costs if party is in default or contempt.","body":"When an action for a modification, order to show cause, or contempt of a dissolution, annulment, or separate maintenance decree is brought on the grounds that a party to the decree is in default or contempt of the decree, and the court determines that the party is in default or contempt of the decree, the costs of the proceeding, including reasonable attorney’s fees, may be taxed against that party.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 598 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/598.24.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"37fa7dd85f2298a8e591d355a8eface19b91676d25984fb5d5e4c58132d86a06","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-598.23a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-598.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}