Section 454.1554 – Application of law of state.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1554. Application of law of state. — Except as otherwise provided by sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, a responding tribunal of this state shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in […]
Section 454.1557 – Duties of initiating tribunal.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1557. Duties of initiating tribunal. — (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (2) if […]
Section 454.1560 – Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1560. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. — (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of section 454.1548, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where […]
Section 454.1563 – Inappropriate tribunal.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1563. Inappropriate tribunal. — If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent. ——– […]
Section 454.1566 – Duties of support enforcement agency.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 454.1566. Duties of support enforcement agency. — (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall: (1) […]
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 […]