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Section 454.1515 – Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1515. Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident. — (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally […]

Section 454.1518 – Duration of personal jurisdiction.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1518. Duration of personal jurisdiction. — Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its […]

Section 454.1521 – Initiating and responding tribunal of state.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1521. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. — Under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country. ­­——– (L. […]

Section 454.1524 – Simultaneous proceedings.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1524. Simultaneous proceedings. — (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is […]

Section 454.1527 – Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support orders.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1527. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support orders. — (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order […]

Section 454.1530 – Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1530. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. — (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) the order if the order […]

Section 454.1533 – Determination of controlling child support order.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1533. Determination of controlling child support order. — (a) If a proceeding is brought under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, […]

Section 454.1536 – Child support orders for two or more obligees.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1536. Child support orders for two or more obligees. — In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a […]

Section 454.1539 – Credit for payments.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1539. Credit for payments. — A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this […]

Section 454.1542 – Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1542. Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. — A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence […]

Section 454.1545 – Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1545. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. — (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (b) A tribunal of this […]