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Who can get custody?

When married parents separate or get divorced, either parent or both parents can get custody of the child.1

If a child’s parents are not married, then the mother has sole custody of the child unless:

  • the father has signed an acknowledgment of paternity; or
  • a judge has ordered something else.2

After legal fatherhood (paternity) is established, the father has the right to file for custody or visitation.2

1 Iowa Code § 598.41
2 Iowa Code § 600B.40(1)