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249B.5 FILING AND DOCKETING OF FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY ORDER -- ORDER EFFECTIVE AS COURT DECREE.
A true copy of an order entered by the department pursuant to this
chapter, along with a true copy of the return of service if
applicable, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district
court in the county in which the institutionalized spouse resides.
Upon filing, the clerk shall enter the order in the judgment docket,
and the department's order shall be presented to the district court
for ex parte review and approval, and unless defects appear on the
face of the order or on the attachments, the district court shall
approve the order and the order has the force, effect, and attributes
of a docketed order or decree of the district court. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1098, §5
