Mandatory Education for
Divorcing Parents
Iowa law requires that
parties to any action which involves the issues of child custody or visitation
must attend a court-approved course about the affects of divorce on children.
In all judicial districts, there are courses such as "Children in the Middle or
Children Cope with Divorce. These classes are designed to help minimize the
negative impact of divorce on children and educate parents about the needs of
children whose parents are divorcing.
Parents are
required to attend within forty-five days of the service of original notice or
application for modification of an order. A final decree shall not be entered
until the parties have complied with this requirement, but under certain
circumstances attendance can be waived by the court.
Each
participant must pay a fee. Other persons, such as grandparents may also attend
for a fee. The registration procedure for each provider may vary, so
participants should call to get specific information when planning to attend a class.
Court
approved courses are listed by district:
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District 1
Serving
the counties of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton,
Delaware,
Dubuque,
Fayette, Grundy, Howard, Winneshiek
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Hawkeye Community College
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Northeast Iowa Community College (primary location)
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Children in the Middle
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Calmar Campus
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Cedar Falls Center
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PO Box 400
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P.O.Box 8015
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1625
Highway 150
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Waterloo, IA 50704-8015
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Calmar
IA 52132
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319-277-2490
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563.562.3263, ext 399
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800.728.2256, ext 399
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Family
Development Associates
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Town
Clock Center for Professional Development (2nd location)
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Dubuque
IA
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563.557.8271,
ext 380
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888.642.2338,
ext 380
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District 2
Classes in all districts also approved for District
2
Please note that any on-line
children in the middle courses are NOT approved
or certified for use in the Second
Judicial district.
Serving the counties of Boone,
Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Greene,
Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Mitchell,
Pocahontas, Sac, Story, Webster,
Winnebago, Worth, Wright
Family
Development Associates
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Counties Served:
Boone
Boone
County C.A.R.E.
P.O. Box 514
1st
Presbyterian Church
703 Greene Street
Boone, IA 50036
Counties Served:
Boone, Story, Marshall
R.
James Thorpe, Psy. D.
Clinical
Psychologist
2525 N. Ankeny
Blvd. Ste 113
Ankeny, IA 50021
Counties Served:
Bremer
Covenant Medical Center
2101 Kimball Ave
Waterloo, IA 50703
ISU
Extension
1417 N. Franklin Street
Manchester. IA
Lawrence Community Center
1600
E. Main
Anamosa, IA
Youth
Homes
1916 Waterfront
Dr.
Iowa City IA
Counties Served:
Butler
Luther
Social Services
1510 Logan Avenue
Waterloo, IA 50703
319/233-3579
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Counties Served:
Carroll
Des Moines Area Comm
College
906 North Grant
Road
Carroll, IA 51401
Counties Served:
Cerro Gordo, Floyd,
Franklin,
Hancock,
Mitchell,
Winnebago, Worth
North Iowa Area
Community College
Connie
Glandon, Comm E.
500
College Drive
Mason
City, IA 50401
641-422-4332
Counties Served:
Calhoun, Greene,
Hamilton,
Humboldt,
Pocahontas, Sac.
Webster, Wright
Iowa Central Comm
College
Sue
Heistand
One
Triton Circle
Forth
Dodge, IA 50501
515/574-1292
or
1-800-362-2793,
ext. 1292
Counties Served:
Hardin, Marshall
Iowa Valley Continuing Ed
3702
South Center
Marshalltown, IA 50158
641/752-4645
ext 272
800/284-4823
ext 272
Counties Served:
Story
Journey
Counseling & Consultation
Ed
Ruppert
Bethesda Lutheran Church
1517
Northwestern
Ames, IA
515/292-9697
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District 3 brochure
Serving the counties of Buena Vista,
Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Kossuth, Monona,
O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury
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Children
in the Middle
2013
Schedule
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District 4
(brochure)
Serving
the counties of Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page,
Pottawattamie, Shelby
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Southwest
Iowa Mediation Center
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300
West Broadway, Suite 104
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Council
Bluffs, IA 51503
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712-310-2843
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swiowamc@gmail.com
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District 5
*Classes in District 5 also approved for
District 2.
Serving the counties of Adair, Adams,
Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Polk,
Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Warren, Wayne
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Please note that any on-line
children in the middle courses are NOT approved
or certified for use in the
Fifth Judicial district.
Family
Development Associates
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Mercy Franklin Center
Children
in the Middle
1750 48th Street, Ste. 2
Des Moines, IA
50310-1993
Contact: Mercy Nurse
515-643-2584
mercydesmoines.org
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Boone County CARES, Inc.*
Children in the Middle
PO Box 514
Boone, IA 50036
(515) 433-4893
Email: www.tkostner@co.boone.ia.us
(Guthrie, Dallas,
Madison Counties)
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Southwestern Community College
Children in the Middle
Adult and Continuing Education
1501 W. Townline Road
Creston, IA 50801
(641)782-1449/1441
800-247-4023
Fax: 641-782-1334
(Creston, Red Oak, Osceola)
Emails:
cwhite@swcciowa.edu or
worthington@swcciowa.edu
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Family Development Associates
Children in the Middle
PO Box 11231
Cedar Rapids, IA 52410
(800)261-5097
(Polk, Jasper, Marion, Warren Counties)
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Ed Rhupert
Journey Counseling and Consultation
Children in the Middle
118 Hayward,
Ste. #6
Ames, IA
50014
(515)292-9697
(515)232-7950
Email: www.counselingames.com
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Southwest Iowa Families
Children in the Middle
215 E. Washington
Clarinda, IA 51632
(712)542-3501
Email:
swfamilies@mediacombb.net
Website: www.southwestiowafamilies.org
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Center for Interpersonal
Effectiveness*
2525 N Ankeny
Boulevard, Ste. #113
Ankeny, IA 50023
Jim Thorpe
(515)289-9136
email: info@cie-ankeny.com
(Ankeny,
Newton, Johnston,
Altoona)
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Des
Moines Area Community College (DMACC)
Continuing
Education
2006
South Ankeny Blvd.
Ankeny,
IA 50023
(515)
964-6685
lmkiester@dmacc.edu
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Counseling Center for Central Iowa
Iowa Health System
6000 University Ave. Ste.
200
West Des Moines, IA 50266
(877)242-8899
(515)241-2300
www.Iowahealth.org
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Iowa Lutheran Hospital
700
E. University Avenue
Des
Moines,
IA 50316
(877)242-8899
(515)241-2300
(515)263-5184 - Spanish available
www.iowahealth.org
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Parenting Solutions LLC
Children in the Middle
PO Box 254
North Liberty, IA 52317
(877)665-2120
Email: www.parenting-solutions.org
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Life-Line Resources
Children in the Middle
210 W. 2nd
Street, Suite B
Indianola, IA 50125
(515) 962-7343
Email: areed@life-lineresources.com
(Madison, Marion, Warren
Counties)
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Mary L. Jankowski, MA,
LMHC, LMSW
Fax (515)277-6995
** "After
the Storm" program
(515)277-1124
7405 University Avenue,
Suite #6
Clive, IA 50325
Email: mjank3p@gmail.com
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** The 'After The Storm' program is approved for
certification
and attendance by divorced parents in the
Fifth Judicial
District who have a
custody/visitation modification or a
post decree contempt
regarding custody or visitation before
the Court. This program
is not certified as a pre-decree
"Children in the Middle"
program.
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Parenting Way, Inc.
Children in the Middle
1211 Vine Street, Suite
2140
West Des Moines, IA 50265
(515)225-9490
FAX: (515) 279-5163
Email: www.parentingway.org
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District 6
Serving the counties of Benton, Iowa,
Johnson, Jones, Linn, Tama
Mediation
Education Class
Benton,
Iowa, Jones & Tama Counties Class with Mediation Education
Johnson
County Class with Mediation Education
Linn
County Class with Mediation Education
Family
Development Associates
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St. Luke's Resource
Center
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Family Development
Associates 1-800-261-5097
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First floor, Formal Lounge
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Youth
Homes
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Four
Oaks
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Transparenting:
Children in the Middle
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1916 Waterfront
Dr.
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5400 Kirkwood
Blvd SW
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225
12th St. NE
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Iowa City
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Cedar Rapids
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Cedar
Rapids, IA 52406
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Virginia Gay Hospital
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S.T.C. Partnership Center
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319-369-7952
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Vinton
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9th
and Siegel
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Tama
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Mercy Medical
Plaza
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McAuley Room 2
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500 E. Market St.
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Iowa City
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District 7
Serving the counties of Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine,
Scott
Children in the Middle Classes offered by Eastern Iowa Community Colleges:
Website:
www.eicc.edu/business/learning/courtprograms/children/index.html
Clinton
Community College
1000 Lincoln Blvd. Clinton, IA
563-244-7100
888-336-3907
Tipton High School
400 East Sixth Street, Tipton, IA
563-288-6100
888-336-3907
Muscatine Community College - McAvoy Center
1403 Park Avenue, Muscatine, IA
563-288-6100
888-336-3907
Scott Community College Urban Center
301 W. River Drive, Davenport, IA
563-441-4100
888-336-3907
Children in
the Middle Classes offered by Parenting Solutions:
Parenting
Solutions LLC
Website:
www.parenting-solutions.org
1-877-665-2120
TransParenting®
Classes offered by Marriage and Family Counseling Service:
Marriage and
Family Counseling Service
Website: www.mfcsqc.org
1-309-786-4491
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District 8
Serving
the counties of Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee,
Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington
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*classes in District 5 also approved for District 8
Family
Development Associates
Please note that any on-line
children in the middle courses are NOT approved
or certified for use in the Eighth Judicial district.
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Bridgeway
208 Bank Street
Keokuk, IA 52632
319-524-3873
Fax: 319-524-3876
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Jon
Wagner
Just
Solutions
211
E. Fair
Centerville, IA 52544
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Muscatine Community College
152 Colorado
Street
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
563-288-6100
or 1-888-336-3907
Fax: 563-288-6166
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The
O'Rourke Group
610 North 4th
Street, Suite 110A
Burlington, IA 52601
319-754-8035
Fax: 319-758-9425
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Gary
Ogren MSW, LISW
Betsy
Allen MA, LMSW
Wesley Methodist Church
430
E. Second
Ottumwa, IA 52501
641-682-4883
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Indian Hills
Community College
TO REGISTER: Call 641-683-5249/800-346-4413
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Indian
Hills Community
College
Centerville
Campus
Administration Building
721 N. 1st
Street
Centerville,
IA 52501
February,
April, June, August, October, December
6-10
p.m.
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Indian
Hills Community College
Jefferson
County Service Center
112
S. Court
Fairfield,
IA 52556
January,
March, May, July, September, November
6-10
p.m.
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Indian
Hills Community College
Ottumwa
Campus
Advanced
Technology Center
626
Indian Hills Drive
Ottumwa,
IA 52501
February,
April, June, August, October, December
6-10
p.m.
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Indian
Hills Community College
Wm.
Penn Service Center
1710
N. Market
Oskaloosa,
IA 52577
January,
March, May, July, September, November
8
a.m.-12 p.m.
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SPANISH
Children In Between
Indian
Hills Community
College
Ottumwa
Campus
Advanced
Technology Center
626
Indian Hills Drive
Ottumwa,
IA 52501
February,
May, August, November
8
a.m.-12 p.m.
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