2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454 Enforcement of Support Law
Section 454.905 Petitions, verification requirements.


MO Rev Stat § 454.905 (2012) What's This?

(Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260 A)
See 454.849 for contingent effective date.

Petitions, verification requirements.

454.905. (a) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under sections 454.850 to 454.997, must verify the petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 454.907, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security number, and date of birth of each child for whom support is sought. The petition must be accompanied by a certified copy of any support order in effect. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

(L. 1996 H.B. 992, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361)

Effective 7-1-97

*Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260, see 454.849 for contingent effective date

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