When child support payments are collected, they go into a special fund called the Family Support Trust Fund. This money is kept separate from state money and tracked carefully. Records of what comes in and goes out can be checked by government officials, courts, and the people involved in the support case. If the state was paid too much by mistake, that money can be sent back to the fund.
454.533. Family support established. — 1. All support payments collected by the shall be deposited in a , which is hereby created, to be known as the "Family Support Trust Fund". Interest, if any, earned by the money in the trust fund shall be deposited into the in the .
2. The moneys in the family support trust fund shall not be to be state s and shall not be with any state funds. Any moneys that are payable to the state of Missouri from the trust fund shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund.
3. The payment center shall keep accurate of the money received and through the trust fund and such records shall be available for inspection by state and federal officers and employees, obligors, and the courts by law.
4. The or may authorize the to make refunds to the trust fund for erroneous payments and overpayments to the state.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1999 S.B. 291) Effective 7-01-99
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