2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454 Enforcement of Support Law
Section 454.978 Jurisdiction for a child support proceeding.
(Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260 A)
See 454.849 for contingent effective date.Jurisdiction for a child support proceeding.
454.978. (a) If all of the individual parties reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction as provided in this section shall apply the provisions of sections 454.850 to 454.877 and sections 454.948 to 454.981 to the enforcement or modification proceeding. Sections 454.880 to 454.946 and sections 454.983 to 454.989 do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
(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*Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260, see 454.849 for contingent effective date
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