There is an emergency process to ask the court for very quick hearing. You would need to file this in the county where the children are currently located. Unfortunately, I do not believe there are any pro se forms for this process, so you would need to do your own or consult an attorney. This is a statute that may apply (depending on the facts of your case):
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/598B.204.pdf
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Answered on Aug 27th, 2018 at 5:56 AM