Duties of initiating tribunal
When someone files paperwork to get child or spousal support from another state or country, the local Missouri court sends that paperwork to the correct court in the other place. If Missouri does not know which court to send it to, it sends the paperwork to a state agency and asks them to pass it along. If the other court asks for extra documents or information, the Missouri court provides them. If the other place is a foreign country, Missouri also converts the support amount into that country's money using the current exchange rate.
454.1557. Duties of . — (a) Upon the of a by sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) to the or in the responding state; or
(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate and that receipt be .
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall a or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding .
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Source & history notes
(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
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