Kennith Onstot
v.
Erin Piska
Appellant
Kennith Onstot
Appellee
Erin Piska
Attorney for the Appellant
James T. Munro
Attorneys for the Appellee
Ashley Tollakson and Emelia Edwards
Justin D. Walker and Gary Otting, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee State
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Patrick D. Smith, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Badding and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (7 pages)
Kennith Onstot contends that he paid health insurance premiums for coverage of the parties’ child during a time when he was court-ordered to pay cash medical support payments under Iowa Code chapter 252E.1(3) (2022). Kennith asked the district court to waive the outstanding cash medical balance. The district court denied his request, concluding it did not have statutory authority to retroactively waive the cash medical support payments that accrued even though Kennith paid for private health insurance and otherwise would not have been required to maintain cash medical support; Kennith challenges this decision on appeal. OPINION HOLDS: While sympathetic to Kennith’s concerns, we agree with the district court that our case law and the statutes that govern the cash medical support obligation do not allow us to retroactively change his court-ordered obligations. We affirm.
