2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454 Enforcement of Support Law
Section 454.976 Recognition of a foreign tribunal's modification of this state's order, when.
(Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260 A)
See 454.849 for contingent effective date.Recognition of a foreign tribunal's modification of this state's order, when.
454.976. A tribunal of this state shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to sections 454.850 to 454.997 or a law substantially similar to sections 454.850 to 454.997 and, upon request, except as otherwise provided in sections 454.850 to 454.997 shall:
(1) enforce the order that was modified only as to amounts accruing before the modification;
(2) enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order;
(3) provide other appropriate relief only for violations of that order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
(4) recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
(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*Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260, see 454.849 for contingent effective date
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