2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454 Enforcement of Support Law
454.355. Provisions of law applicable, when--court has duties of a responding state, when.

454.355. The provisions contained in sections 454.010 to 454.360 apply if both the obligee and the obligor are in this state but in different counties, or if both the obligor and obligee are residents of the same county. If the court of the county in which the petition is filed finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be determined that the obligor owes a duty of support and finds that a court of another county in this state may obtain jurisdiction over the obligor or his property, the clerk of the court shall send the petition and a certification of the findings to the court of the county in which the obligor or his property is found. The clerk of the court of the county receiving these documents shall notify the prosecuting attorney of their receipt. The prosecuting attorney and the court in the county to which the copies are forwarded shall then have duties corresponding to those imposed upon them when acting for this state as a responding state, including, but not limited to, the registration of an order for support entered by another court within this state. Such a registered order shall have the same effect and may be enforced as if originally entered by the court of the responding county.

(L. 1982 S.B. 468)