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2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - Chapter 452 — Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance
- § 452.025. — Verified pleadings, form and content.
- § 452.075. — Remarriage of former spouse ends alimony.
- § 452.080. — Decree for alimony--a lien, when.
- § 452.110. — Decree as to alimony only subject to review.
- § 452.130. — Spouse abandoned, court to adjudge maintenance--execution to enforce.
- § 452.140. — No property exempt from attachment or execution, when.
- § 452.150. — Services and earnings of unmarried minor children--custody and control of.
- § 452.160. — Father and mother, parent, child, defined--how construed.
- § 452.170. — Petition for enjoyment of spouse's separate estate, when.
- § 452.180. — Circuit court may make decree.
- § 452.190. — Authorization by court to sell property.
- § 452.200. — Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse.
- § 452.210. — Court may authorize persons holding money of married person to pay spouse.
- § 452.220. — Married person entitled to proceeds of earnings of his or her minor children, when.
- § 452.230. — Proceeds used for support of himself or herself and family.
- § 452.240. — Filing of petition, proceedings.
- § 452.250. — Proceedings on such petition--appeal allowed, when and where.
- § 452.300. — Procedure and venue.
- § 452.305. — Judgment of dissolution, grounds for--legal separation, when --judgments to contain Social Security numbers.
- § 452.310. — Petition, contents--service, how--rules to apply--defenses abolished--parenting plans submitted, when, content, exception.
- § 452.311. — Petition for dissolution filed when, requirements.
- § 452.312. — Parties' current employers and Social Security numbers to be contained in certain pleadings and decrees.
- § 452.314. — Guardian for incapacitated person may file for dissolution or separation if ward is a victim of spousal abuse.
- § 452.315. — Authorized motions--restraining order, when, answer, when due, effect of--child support, temporary order, when, amount.
- § 452.317. — Termination of insurance prohibited, when.
- § 452.318. — Counseling for minor children ordered, when, costs.
- § 452.320. — Finding that marriage is irretrievably broken, when--notice--denial by a party, effect of--alternate findings.
- § 452.325. — Separation agreements authorized, effect of--orders for disposition of property, when--terms of agreement, how enforced.
- § 452.330. — Disposition of property and debts, factors to be considered.
- § 452.335. — Maintenance order, findings required for--termination date, may be modified, when.
- § 452.340. — Child support, how allocated--factors to be considered--abatement or termination of support, when--support after age eighteen, when--public policy of state--payments may be made directly to child, when--child support guidelines, rebuttable presumption, use of guidelines, when--retroactivity--obligation terminated, how.
- § 452.341. — Obligor may request affidavit, when--cause of action for failure to execute, when--false affidavit, penalty.
- § 452.342. — Summary of expenses paid on behalf of child, required when.
- § 452.343. — All judgments and orders shall contain the parties' Social Security numbers.
- § 452.344. — Support obligations, bond or other guarantee to secure, when required, procedure--default, effect of.
- § 452.345. — Maintenance or support payments to circuit clerk or family support payment center, when--procedure--duties of parties--failure to pay, circuit clerk duties.
- § 452.346. — Medical assistance documentation provided, when.
- § 452.347. — Notice of a child support establishment or modification proceeding, when--copy of the order provided, when.
- § 452.350. — Withholding of income, voluntary or court may order, when, when effective--hearing, when--employer, duties, liabilities, fee --discharge or discipline of employee because of a withholding notice prohibited, penalty--civil contempt proceeding authorized --amendment, termination and priorities of withholdings.
- § 452.355. — Allocation of cost of action and attorney fees by court--actions for failure to pay child support, reasonable costs and attorney fees to be paid by obligor, when--definitions.
- § 452.360. — Judgment of dissolution or legal separation final when entered --appeal, effect of--distribution of property final--conversion of judgment of legal separation to dissolution, when--notice, to whom.
- § 452.365. — Party failing to comply with decree, effect of.
- § 452.370. — Modification of judgment as to maintenance or support, when --termination, when--rights of state when an assignment of support has been made--court to have continuing jurisdiction, duties of clerk, clerk to be "appropriate agent", when--severance of responsive pleading.
- § 452.371. — Declining jurisdiction in a modification proceeding, when.
- § 452.372. — Mandatory educational sessions, when--alternative dispute resolution, when.
- § 452.375. — Custody--definitions--factors determining custody--prohibited, when--public policy of state--custody options plan, when required--findings required, when--exchange of information and right to certain records, failure to disclose--fees, costs assessed, when--joint custody not to preclude child support--support, how determined--domestic violence or abuse, specific findings.
- § 452.376. — Noncustodial parent's right to receive child's school progress reports--administrative fees to be set by school, when--exclusion of address of custodial parent, when.
- § 452.377. — Relocation of child by parent for more than ninety days, required procedure--violation, effect--notice of relocation of parent, required procedure.
- § 452.380. — Temporary custody, motion for--dismissal of action, effect of.
- § 452.385. — Child's wishes as to custodian, how determined.
- § 452.390. — Investigation and report on custodial arrangements for a child--how conducted--report due, when--material to be available to counsel and parties.
- § 452.395. — Custody proceedings, priority of--judge to determine law and fact--secrecy, when.
- § 452.400. — Visitation rights, awarded when--history of domestic violence, consideration of--prohibited, when--modification of, when--supervised visitation defined--noncompliance with order, effect of--family access motions, procedure, penalty for violation--attorney fees and costs assessed, when.
- § 452.402. — Grandparent's visitation rights granted, when, terminated, when--guardian ad litem appointed, when--attorney fees and costs assessed, when.
- § 452.403. — Grandparent denied visitation, court may order mediation upon written request, purpose--costs--venue--termination of mediation, when.
- § 452.404. — Neutral location for exchange of children, when.
- § 452.405. — Custodian to determine child's upbringing, exception--continued supervision, when.
- § 452.410. — Custody, decree, modification of, when.
- § 452.411. — Change of residence deemed grounds for modification of custody, when.
- § 452.415. — When sections 452.300 to 452.415 shall apply.
- § 452.416. — Parent's change in income due to military service, effect on order of child support--director of division of child support enforcement, duties.
- § 452.420. — Proceedings to be heard by circuit judge--exception.
- § 452.423. — Guardian ad litem appointed, when, duties--disqualification, when--fees--volunteer advocates, expenses.
- § 452.425. — Sheriff or law enforcement to enforce custody and visitation orders, when--limitations.
- § 452.440. — Short title.
- § 452.445. — Definitions.
- § 452.450. — Jurisdiction.
- § 452.455. — Petition for modification--procedure--child support delinquency, effect of.
- § 452.460. — Notice to persons outside this state--submission to jurisdiction.
- § 452.465. — Simultaneous proceedings in other states.
- § 452.470. — Inconvenient forum.
- § 452.475. — Jurisdiction declined because of conduct.
- § 452.480. — Information under oath to be submitted to the court.
- § 452.485. — Additional parties.
- § 452.490. — Appearance of parties--child--guardian ad litem appointed, fee--disqualification, when.
- § 452.495. — Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree.
- § 452.500. — Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees.
- § 452.505. — Modification of custody decree of another state.
- § 452.510. — Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another state.
- § 452.515. — Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and proceedings.
- § 452.520. — Certified copies of custody decrees.
- § 452.525. — Taking testimony in another state.
- § 452.530. — Hearings and studies in another state--orders to appear.
- § 452.535. — Assistance to courts of other states.
- § 452.540. — Preservation of documents for use in other states.
- § 452.545. — Request for court records of another state.
- § 452.550. — Priority.
- § 452.552. — Surcharge collected, when, use.
- § 452.554. — Domestic relations resolution fund established, use.
- § 452.556. — Handbook, contents, availability.
- § 452.600. — Educational sessions program shall be established by courts--for proceedings involving custody or support.
- § 452.605. — Court shall order parties to action and may order children to attend, when.
- § 452.607. — Confidentiality of facts obtained at sessions not considered in adjudication, exception.
- § 452.610. — Cost of educational session, amount.
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