2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454 Enforcement of Support Law
Section 454.880 Proceedings authorized, commencement of proceedings.

See 454.849 for contingent effective date.

454.880. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 454.850 to 454.997, this article applies to all proceedings under sections 454.850 to 454.997.

(b) Sections 454.850 to 454.997, provide for the following proceedings:

(1) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to section 454.930;

(2) enforcement of a support order and income withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to sections 454.932 to 454.946;

(3) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to sections 454.948 to 454.981;

(4) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to sections 454.862 to 454.869;

(5) registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to sections 454.948 to 454.981;

(6) determination of parentage pursuant to section 454.983; and

(7) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to sections 454.857 to 454.860.

(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under sections 454.850 to 454.997, by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

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*Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260, see 454.849 for contingent effective date

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