Section 493.14.3. Hourly rate and fee limitations.

Unless the attorney has a contract with the state public defender that provides for a different rate or manner of payment, claims for attorney fees in a termination of parental rights case under Iowa Code chapter 600A to which the attorney was appointed after March 11, 2004, and before July 1, 2006, shall be paid at the rate of $50 per hour, with a fee limitation of $500 for the trial court proceedings and $500 for appellate proceedings. Claims for attorney fees in a termination of parental rights case under Iowa Code chapter 600A to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2006, and before July 1, 2007, shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour, with a fee limitation of $550 for the trial court proceedings and $550 for appellate proceedings. Claims for attorney fees in a termination of parental rights case under Iowa Code chapter 600A to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2007, shall be paid at the rate of $60 per hour, with a fee limitation of $600 for the trial court proceedings and $600 for appellate proceedings.