Child Support
178 laws
Missouri child support laws govern how support is calculated, modified, and enforced, including wage withholding and penalties for nonpayment. They apply to parents across the state, whether or not they were ever married.
Definitions
RSMo 454.1000
Suspension of a professional or occupational license, when, procedure
RSMo 454.1003
Hearing to show cause for suspension of a license, procedure
RSMo 454.1005
Licensing authority's responsibilities upon receipt of a suspension order
RSMo 454.1008
Petition to stay a suspension, grounds, procedure
RSMo 454.1010
Termination of an order of suspension, when
RSMo 454.1013
Fee charged by licensing authority for administrative costs permitted
RSMo 454.1015
Rules
RSMo 454.1018
Standards for licensure information provided to the division, method, contents
RSMo 454.1020
List of licensed attorneys to be provided to division, when
RSMo 454.1023
Request for rules for suspension or sanctioning of law license, when
RSMo 454.1025
Hunting and fishing license sanctions
RSMo 454.1027
No suspension of licenses while obligor honors the support agreement
RSMo 454.1029
Penalties for denial or interference with visitation or custody
RSMo 454.1031
Bentley and Mason's law
RSMo 454.1050
Short title
RSMo 454.1500
Definitions
RSMo 454.1503
State tribunal and support enforcement agency
RSMo 454.1506
Remedies cumulative
RSMo 454.1509
Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
RSMo 454.1512
Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident
RSMo 454.1515
Duration of personal jurisdiction
RSMo 454.1518
Initiating and responding tribunal of state
RSMo 454.1521
Simultaneous proceedings
RSMo 454.1524
Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support orders
RSMo 454.1527
Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
RSMo 454.1530
Determination of controlling child support order
RSMo 454.1533
Child support orders for two or more obligees
RSMo 454.1536
Credit for payments
RSMo 454.1539
Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
RSMo 454.1542
Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
RSMo 454.1545
Proceedings under act
RSMo 454.1548
Proceeding by minor parent
RSMo 454.1551
Application of law of state
RSMo 454.1554
Duties of initiating tribunal
RSMo 454.1557
Duties and powers of responding tribunal
RSMo 454.1560
Inappropriate tribunal
RSMo 454.1563
Duties of support enforcement agency
RSMo 454.1566
Duty of state official or agency
RSMo 454.1569
Private counsel
RSMo 454.1572
Duties of state information agency
RSMo 454.1575
Pleadings and accompanying documents
RSMo 454.1578
Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
RSMo 454.1581
Costs and fees
RSMo 454.1584
Limited immunity of petitioner
RSMo 454.1587
Nonparentage as defense
RSMo 454.1590
Special rules of evidence and procedure
RSMo 454.1593
Communications between tribunals
RSMo 454.1596
Assistance with discovery
RSMo 454.1599
Receipt and disbursement of payments
RSMo 454.1602
Establishment of support order
RSMo 454.1605
Proceeding to determine parentage
RSMo 454.1608
Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state
RSMo 454.1611
Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state
RSMo 454.1614
Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders
RSMo 454.1617
Immunity from civil liability
RSMo 454.1620
Penalties for noncompliance
RSMo 454.1623
Contest by obligor
RSMo 454.1626
Administrative enforcement of orders
RSMo 454.1629
Registration of order for enforcement
RSMo 454.1632
Procedure to register order for enforcement
RSMo 454.1635
Effect of registration for enforcement
RSMo 454.1638
Choice of law
RSMo 454.1641
Notice of registration of order
RSMo 454.1644
Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
RSMo 454.1647
Contest of registration or enforcement
RSMo 454.1650
Confirmed order
RSMo 454.1653
Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
RSMo 454.1656
Effect of registration for modification
RSMo 454.1659
Modification of child support order of another state
RSMo 454.1662
Recognition of order modified in another state
RSMo 454.1665
Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state
RSMo 454.1668
Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
RSMo 454.1671
Jurisdiction to modify child support of foreign country
RSMo 454.1674
Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
RSMo 454.1677
Definitions
RSMo 454.1680
Applicability
RSMo 454.1683
Relationship of governmental entity to United States authority
RSMo 454.1686
Initiation by governmental entity of support proceeding under convention
RSMo 454.1689
Direct request
RSMo 454.1692
Registration of convention support order
RSMo 454.1695
Contest of registered convention support order
RSMo 454.1698
Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
RSMo 454.1701
Partial enforcement
RSMo 454.1704
Foreign support agreement
RSMo 454.1707
Modification of convention child support order
RSMo 454.1710
Personal information
RSMo 454.1713
Record in original language
RSMo 454.1716
Grounds for rendition
RSMo 454.1719
Conditions of rendition
RSMo 454.1722
Uniformity of application and construction
RSMo 454.1725
Severability
RSMo 454.1727
Effective date
RSMo 454.1728
Applicability of certain state laws
RSMo 454.1730
Enforcing a support order from another state, response to a request, contents of the request
RSMo 454.390
Forms for income withholding, liens and subpoenas
RSMo 454.395
Family support division established
RSMo 454.400
Power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel witnesses and produce documents
RSMo 454.401
Equipment purchased by county for support enforcement to be property of county
RSMo 454.402
Social Security number required on all license, permit or certificate applications
RSMo 454.403
Enforcement of support obligations, counties to cooperate
RSMo 454.405
Duties of the family support division
RSMo 454.408
Assignment of support rights, obligation to state, when
RSMo 454.410
State case registry established, records kept
RSMo 454.412
Filing with the state case registry, when
RSMo 454.413
Definitions
RSMo 454.415
Legal actions to establish or enforce support obligations, brought, by whom, procedure
RSMo 454.420
Support enforcement services by division, when, for whom
RSMo 454.425
IV-D agency, defined
RSMo 454.430
Circuit clerk, recording of credits for amounts not received, restrictions, credits on state debt for job training and education, conditions and restrictions
RSMo 454.432
Order of foreign courts, notification by division, duties of circuit clerk
RSMo 454.433
Prosecuting attorneys, cooperative or multiple county agreement, duties
RSMo 454.435
Definitions
RSMo 454.440
Fees for certain actions and documents, division not required to pay
RSMo 454.445
Support money owed state due, when, failure to pay within time limit, rights of family services
RSMo 454.450
Assignments by caretaker relatives, terminate, when, exceptions
RSMo 454.455
Definitions
RSMo 454.460
State debt, defined, calculation
RSMo 454.465
Director to issue notice and finding of financial responsibility, when, procedure, contents
RSMo 454.470
No suit maintained if child support is current
RSMo 454.472
Administrative hearing, procedure, effect on orders of social services
RSMo 454.475
Administrative orders may be issued, when
RSMo 454.476
Summary of expenses required, when
RSMo 454.478
Paternity order, establishing
RSMo 454.485
Orders entered by director, docketing of, effect
RSMo 454.490
Circuit clerk or family support payment center made trustee, when, duties
RSMo 454.495
Motion to modify order, review
RSMo 454.496
Director's duty to modify a child support order
RSMo 454.498
Modification of an administrative order, procedure, effect
RSMo 454.500
Support, courts, jurisdiction, effect of determinations
RSMo 454.501
Garnishment of wages, when, procedure, limitations
RSMo 454.505
Financial institutions, division may request information, when, fees
RSMo 454.507
Supreme court to provide rules for certain hearings
RSMo 454.510
Denial of a passport for child support arrearage, when
RSMo 454.511
Consumer reporting agency, defined
RSMo 454.512
Attorney representation exclusive
RSMo 454.513
Lien on obligor's share of a decedent's estate, when, procedure
RSMo 454.514
Order for child support, lien on real estate, when, procedure
RSMo 454.515
Lien on motor vehicles, boats, motors, manufactured homes and trailers, when, procedure
RSMo 454.516
Lien on workers' compensation, when, procedure
RSMo 454.517
Lien on law suits, claims or counterclaims, when, procedure
RSMo 454.518
Lien on rights of action for personal injury or negligence, when, procedure
RSMo 454.519
Delinquent child support and maintenance, interest on, rate, how computed
RSMo 454.520
Subordination of liens, when
RSMo 454.522
Obligor, defined
RSMo 454.525
Execution on jointly held property, when, procedure
RSMo 454.528
Family support payment center established by the division for child support orders
RSMo 454.530
Recovery of erroneously paid child support, procedures
RSMo 454.531
Family support trust fund established
RSMo 454.533
Records of payments and disbursements kept by division
RSMo 454.536
Admissibility of payment center records
RSMo 454.539
Compliance with subpoenas
RSMo 454.542
Rebuttable presumption for authenticity of certain judicial orders and documents
RSMo 454.545
Processing fee permitted, amount
RSMo 454.548
Certified or guaranteed check required, when
RSMo 454.551
Notice to obligor, when
RSMo 454.554
Obligations not recorded in automated system, when
RSMo 454.557
Payments made to center upon request
RSMo 454.559
Endorsement of negotiable instruments, when
RSMo 454.560
Report to the general assembly, when
RSMo 454.565
Definitions
RSMo 454.600
Health benefit plan may be required
RSMo 454.603
Notice to employer or union, National Medical Support Notice to be used
RSMo 454.606
Notice to obligor, contents
RSMo 454.609
Written proof of obligor's compliance with order
RSMo 454.612
Employer or union to transfer order to group health plan
RSMo 454.615
Enrolling of child as eligible dependent in health benefit plan, withholding of contributions
RSMo 454.618
No change of coverage required
RSMo 454.621
Payment of benefit due, discharge from liability
RSMo 454.624
Termination of obligor's employment or coverage, notification of obligee
RSMo 454.627
Release of information
RSMo 454.630
Failure to maintain coverage, liability, effect
RSMo 454.633
Order of income withholding, priority
RSMo 454.636
Collection and enforcement
RSMo 454.639
Compliance by employer or union, discharge of liability
RSMo 454.642
Discharge, discipline prohibited
RSMo 454.645
Insurer to permit enrollment, when
RSMo 454.700
Effective date of repeal of act
RSMo 454.849