Title XXX — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

454.408. Duties of the family support division. — The family support division: (1) Shall determine whether a person who has applied for or is receiving assistance from a program funded pursuant to Part A or Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Title XIX of the Social Se…

454.410. Assignment of support rights, obligation to state, when. — Support rights assigned to the state shall constitute an obligation owed to the state by the person responsible for providing such support and the obligation shall be collectible pursuant to all legal processes. …

454.412. State case registry established, records kept. — 1. The division shall establish a "State Case Registry" which shall contain records of: (1) Each case in which services are provided by the division pursuant to this chapter; and (2) Each support order established or modif…

454.413. Filing with the state case registry, when. — 1. Each party to a paternity or child support proceeding establishing, modifying or enforcing a support order pursuant to chapter 210, chapter 211, chapter 452, or this chapter, shall file with the state case registry upon ent…

454.415. Definitions — assignment of support rights to division, procedure — clerk of court or family support payment center made trustee, when, duties — termination of assignment, effect of. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "IV-A agency" shall mean: (1) An agency …

454.420. Legal actions to establish or enforce support obligations, brought, by whom, procedure — assignment to division terminates, when, effect — money collected, where deposited. — Any legal action necessary to establish or enforce support obligations owed to the state shall b…

454.425. Support enforcement services by division, when, for whom — fees, when allowed. — The family support division shall render child support services authorized pursuant to this chapter to persons who are not recipients of public assistance as well as to such recipients. Serv…

454.430. IV-D agency, defined — clerk of court or family support payment center to serve as trustee, when, duties — termination of trustee responsibilities by division, procedure. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "IV-D agency" means an agency that has been designat…

454.432. Circuit clerk, recording of credits for amounts not received, restrictions, credits on state debt for job training and education, conditions and restrictions. — 1. The circuit clerk in a case that is not a IV-D case or the division in a IV-D case shall record credits on …

454.433. Order of foreign courts, notification by division, duties of circuit clerk — clerk or family support payment center trustee, duty to keep records. — 1. When a tribunal of another state as defined in section 454.850* has ordered support payments to a person who has made a…

454.435. Prosecuting attorneys, cooperative or multiple county agreement, duties — other attorneys may prosecute, when. — 1. Each prosecuting attorney may enter into a cooperative agreement or may enter into a multiple county agreement to litigate or prosecute any action necessar…

454.440. Definitions — division may use parent locator service, when — financial entities to provide information, when, penalty for refusal, immunity — statement of absent parents, contents — prohibited acts, penalties — confidentiality of records, exceptions, penalties. — 1. As …

454.445. Fees for certain actions and documents, division not required to pay. — No deposit or other filing fee, court fee, library fee, or fee for making copies of documents shall be required to be paid by the family support division, or any attorney bringing action pursuant to …

454.450. Support money owed state due, when, failure to pay within time limit, rights of family services — agreements for collection of support, invalid, when, fee allowed person making collection, when, amount — depriving division of support payments, penalty. — 1. Whenever a cu…

454.455. Assignments by caretaker relatives, terminate, when, exceptions — caretaker relative defined. — 1. In any case wherein an order for child support has been entered and the legal custodian and obligee pursuant to the order relinquishes physical custody of the child to a ca…

454.460. Definitions. — As used in sections 454.400 to 454.560, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Court", any circuit court of this state and any court or agency of any other state having jurisdiction to determine the liability of pers…

454.465. State debt, defined, calculation — rights of division regarding state debts — service of process, procedure. — 1. For purposes of sections 454.460 to 454.505, a payment of public assistance by the family support division to or for the benefit of any dependent child, incl…

454.470. Director to issue notice and finding of financial responsibility, when, procedure, contents — computation of periodic future support — hearing, when, failure of parent to request, result. — 1. The director may issue a notice and finding of financial responsibility to a p…

454.472. No suit maintained if child support is current. — No garnishment, withholding, or other financial legal proceeding under chapter 454 to enforce a support order as defined in section 454.460 shall be levied or maintained by the family support division against a party who …

454.475. Administrative hearing, procedure, effect on orders of social services — support, how determined — failure of parent to appear, result — judicial review — errors and vacation of orders. — 1. Hearings provided for in this section shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 536…

454.476. Administrative orders may be issued, when — duties of director — hearing. — 1. If a court order has previously been entered, the director may enter an administrative order in accordance with the court order, upon receiving from the obligee, a child support enforcement ag…

454.478. Summary of expenses required, when. — In cases where an administrative order is entered pursuant to the provisions of section 454.470 or section 454.476, the director of the family support division may, upon petition of the party obligated to pay support and upon good ca…

454.485. Paternity order, establishing — entered when — genetic testing required when — docketing of order, result — copies to be sent to bureau of vital records of department of health and senior services — defense of nonpaternity — decision, how rendered. — 1. The director may …

454.490. Orders entered by director, docketing of, effect. — 1. A true copy of any order entered by the director pursuant to sections 454.460 to 454.997*, along with a true copy of the return of service, may be filed with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the …

454.495. Circuit clerk or family support payment center made trustee, when, duties — assignment, defined. — 1. Until October 1, 1999, when an administrative order has been docketed pursuant to section 454.490, the court shall order all support payments to be made to the circuit c…

454.496. Motion to modify order, review — form of motion, service, procedure — effective, when — venue for judicial review of administrative order, procedure. — 1. At any time after the entry of a court order for child support in a case in which support rights have been assigned …

454.498. Director's duty to modify a child support order — automated methods used for eligibility for modification. — 1. Notwithstanding section 452.370 and sections 454.496 and 454.500, or any other section requiring a showing of substantial and continuing change in circumstance…

454.500. Modification of an administrative order, procedure, effect — relief from orders, when. — 1. At any time after the entry of an order pursuant to sections 454.470 and 454.475, the obligated parent, the division, or the person or agency having custody of the dependent child…

454.501. Support, courts, jurisdiction, effect of determinations. — Nothing contained in sections 454.465 to 454.510 shall deprive courts of competent jurisdiction from determining the support duty of a parent against whom an order is entered by the director pursuant to the autho…

454.505. Garnishment of wages, when, procedure, limitations — notice to employer, contents — employer, duties, liabilities — priorities — discharge of employee prohibited, when, penalties for — orders issued by another state, laws to govern. — 1. In addition to any other remedy p…

454.507. Financial institutions, division may request information, when, fees — definitions — data match system — notice of lien, procedure — jointly owners — fees — immunity from liability, when. — 1. In addition to the authority of the division to request information pursuant t…

454.510. Supreme court to provide rules for certain hearings. — The supreme court of the state of Missouri may provide rules for expeditious hearings on all matters referred to the circuit court pursuant to this act*. ­­-------- (L. 1982 S.B. 468 § 23) *"This act" (S.B. 468, 1982…

454.511. Denial of a passport for child support arrearage, when — mistake of fact, defined. — The division may certify a person who owes a child support arrearage in excess of the amount set forth in 42 U.S.C. 654(31) to the appropriate federal government agency for the purpose o…

454.512. Consumer reporting agency, defined — division reports to agencies of delinquent support — duties of division — notice, when. — 1. The division shall periodically report the name of any noncustodial parent who is delinquent in the payment of support and the amount of over…

454.513. Attorney representation exclusive — attorney/client relationship not to exist, when — notice to party not represented by attorney, when. — 1. Any attorney initiating any legal proceedings at the request of the Missouri family support division shall represent the state of…

454.514. Lien on obligor's share of a decedent's estate, when, procedure — notice, contents, filed where — personal representative liable on bond for failure to pay — notice to lienholder or payor required, when. — 1. The director, IV-D agency or the obligee may cause a lien for …

454.515. Order for child support, lien on real estate, when, procedure — duration, priority, revival, release, when. — 1. A judgment or order for child support or maintenance payable in periodic installments shall not be a lien on the real estate of the person against whom the ju…

454.516. Lien on motor vehicles, boats, motors, manufactured homes and trailers, when, procedure — notice, contents — registration of lien, restrictions, removal of lien — public sale, when — good faith purchasers — child support lien database to be maintained. — 1. The director …

454.517. Lien on workers' compensation, when, procedure — notice, contents — enforcement of lien — duties of director of workers' compensation — mistake of fact. — 1. The director, IV-D agency or the obligee may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent child or spousal support to b…

454.518. Lien on law suits, claims or counterclaims, when, procedure — notice, contents — liability of persons making payment or settlement after notice — duties of clerk. — 1. The director, IV-D agency or the obligee may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent child or spousal su…

454.519. Lien on rights of action for personal injury or negligence, when, procedure — notice, contents — liability of persons making payment or settlement after notice. — 1. The director, IV-D agency or the obligee may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent child or spousal supp…

454.520. Delinquent child support and maintenance, interest on, rate, how computed — execution for interest, when, procedure. — 1. All delinquent child support and maintenance payments which have accrued based upon judgments or orders of courts of this state entered prior to Sept…

454.522. Subordination of liens, when. — 1. The director of revenue shall subordinate any lien filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 143.902, or any lien filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 144.380, to any lien for child support filed…

454.525. Obligor, defined — conveyances of entirety, property set aside, when — hearing, presumption, burden of proving good faith. — 1. For purposes of this section, an "obligor" is a person who owes a duty of support as determined by a court or administrative agency of competen…

454.528. Execution on jointly held property, when, procedure — obligor defined — parties to action — attorney's fees, assessed against whom. — 1. The interests of one or more owners of any real or personal property held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship, or otherwise he…

454.530. Family support payment center established by the division for child support orders — disbursement of child support — business day, defined — electronic funds transfer system. — 1. On or before October 1, 1999, the family support division shall establish and operate a sta…

454.531. Recovery of erroneously paid child support, procedures — penalty. — 1. Whenever a parent or other person receives support moneys for a child paid to him or her by the family support division under the provisions of chapter 454, and the division subsequently determines th…

454.533. Family support trust fund established. — 1. All support payments collected by the payment center shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "Family Support Trust Fund". Interest, if any, earned by the money in the trust fund s…

454.536. Records of payments and disbursements kept by division — clerks to certify records, when — non IV-D cases, procedure. — 1. The division shall maintain or cause to be maintained records showing payments and disbursements made by the payment center. The records shall be ma…

454.539. Admissibility of payment center records — certification by the director. — 1. A copy of records of payments to and disbursements by the payment center, including but not limited to the records maintained in the automated child support system, or a circuit clerk, includin…