Order of foreign courts, notification by division, duties of circuit clerk
When a court in another state orders someone to pay child support, and the Missouri family support division is involved, the division can tell a Missouri court about it. A payment center or court clerk collects those support payments and sends the money to whoever is supposed to get it. Records of all payments are kept and reported to the division.
454.433. of foreign courts, notification by , duties of — clerk or family support , duty to keep s. — 1. When a of another state as defined in section 454.850* has ordered support payments to a person who has made an to the or who is receiving child support services section 454.425, the family support division may notify the court of this state in the county in which the , or the child resides or works. Until October 1, 1999, upon such notice the circuit clerk shall accept all support payments and such payments to the person or entitled to receive the payments. Effective October 1, 1999, the division shall order the payment center to accept all support payments and remit such payments to the person or entity entitled to receive the payments.
2. any of law to the contrary, the notification to the court by the division shall authorize the court to make the clerk trustee. The clerk shall keep an accurate record of such payments and shall report all collections to the division in the manner specified by the division. Effective October 1, 1999, the duties of the clerk as trustee pursuant to this section shall terminate and all payments shall be made to the payment center pursuant to section 454.530.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1996 H.B. 992, A.L. 1999 S.B. 291, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision) *Section 454.850 was repealed by H.B. 1550 and S.B. 905 & 992, 2016.
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