When someone files a family law case in circuit court, they pay an extra $3 fee on top of regular court costs. The court clerk collects this money when the case is filed and sends it to the director of revenue, who puts it into a special fund called the domestic relations resolution fund.
452.552. collected, when, use. — In addition to any other required to institute an in the , a surcharge of three dollars shall be paid by the person such action. The surcharge shall be collected and in a manner provided by sections 488.012 to 488.020, by the court at the time the is filed and shall be payable to the for in the established in section 452.554.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1998 S.B. 910, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
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