Title XXX — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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…

454.542. Compliance with subpoenas. — If an employee of the division, a circuit clerk or an employee of the payment center is served* with a subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or an order to produce records, the employee or clerk may comply with the subpoena or order by transmitting …

454.545. Rebuttable presumption for authenticity of certain judicial orders and documents. — 1. A copy of a judicial order and other documents on file with the court which are transmitted, whether transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means, to the division shall be rebutt…

454.548. Processing fee permitted, amount. — In addition to any fees imposed pursuant to section 454.425 and if allowed by federal law, the division may charge and collect a fee of ten dollars from support received through the payment center for each order for every year or porti…

454.551. Certified or guaranteed check required, when — fee for insufficient funds checks, amount. — 1. The division may require, after notice to the obligor, that any check paid to the payment center by the obligor must be certified or guaranteed for payment. An originator of a …

454.554. Notice to obligor, when — contempt motion filed, when. — If not required by an existing order, the division or circuit clerk shall notify by first class mail any obligor under a support order, and an employer or other payor who has or will be withholding income to direct…

454.557. Obligations not recorded in automated system, when. — 1. A current support obligation shall not be recorded in the records maintained in the automated child support system in the following cases: (1) In a IV-D case with a support order pursuant to section 454.465 or 454.…

454.559. Payments made to center upon request. — The court shall order payments to be made to the payment center upon request of the division or attorneys representing the division. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291) Effective 7-01-99

454.560. Endorsement of negotiable instruments, when. — Payment on a support order to the payment center shall authorize the division to endorse a negotiable instrument payable to the obligee, the circuit clerk, the state or the state agency. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291) Effecti…

454.565. Report to the general assembly, when. — Beginning in 2000, the family support division shall report to the general assembly regarding the family support payment center by December 1, 2000, and by each December first thereafter. Such report shall include recommendations a…

454.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 454.600 to 454.645, the following terms mean: (1) "Court", any circuit court establishing a support obligation pursuant to an action under this chapter, chapter 210, chapter 211 or chapter 452; (2) "Director", the director of the family…

454.603. Health benefit plan may be required — terms — order of coverage — liability for expenses not covered — abatement, termination of coverage. — 1. At any state of a proceeding in which the circuit court or the division has jurisdiction to establish or modify an order for ch…

454.606. Notice to employer or union, National Medical Support Notice to be used — notice, how delivered — division duties. — 1. In all IV-D cases in which income withholding for child support is to be initiated on the effective date of the order pursuant to section 452.350 and s…

454.609. Notice to obligor, contents — grounds for contesting, hearing. — 1. At the same time an employer or union notice is sent pursuant to section 454.606, the circuit clerk or the division, as appropriate, shall send a notice to the obligor by any form of mail to the obligor'…

454.612. Written proof of obligor's compliance with order — forwarding to union or employer. — 1. In cases other than IV-D cases, the obligor shall provide to the obligee within thirty days of receipt of effective notice of a court order for health benefit plan coverage pursuant …

454.615. Employer or union to transfer order to group health plan — duties of plan administrator. — 1. Upon receipt of a court or administrative order, or notice, for health benefit plan coverage, the employer or union shall transfer the order or notice to the appropriate group h…

454.618. Enrolling of child as eligible dependent in health benefit plan, withholding of contributions — provision of information and authorization — denial or restriction of coverage, prohibited, when. — 1. Upon receipt of the court or administrative order, or notice, for health…

454.621. No change of coverage required. — No health benefit plan shall be required to change coverages provided as a result of sections 454.600 to 454.645. Nothing in sections 454.600 to 454.645 shall be construed as creating a regulatory authority over the business of insurance…

454.624. Payment of benefit due, discharge from liability. — In the case of any claim submitted by the custodial parent for care provided to a minor child who is enrolled as an eligible dependent pursuant to an order or notice of health benefit plan coverage, the health benefit p…

454.627. Termination of obligor's employment or coverage, notification of obligee. — When an order for health benefit plan coverage pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 is in effect, upon termination of the obligor's employment, or upon termination of the health benefit plan c…

454.630. Release of information. — When an order for health benefit plan coverage pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 is in effect, the obligor's employer or union shall* release to the division or obligee, upon request, information on such coverage, including the name of the…

454.633. Failure to maintain coverage, liability, effect — parents' joint liability for medical care — action to collect percentage. — 1. An obligor who fails to maintain the health benefit plan coverage for the benefit of a minor child as ordered pursuant to sections 454.600 to …

454.636. Order of income withholding, priority — current obligation. — 1. An order of income withholding for health benefit plan coverage shall have priority over all other legal processes under state law against money, income or periodic earnings of the noncustodial parent excep…

454.639. Collection and enforcement — remedies — modification. — All remedies available for collection and enforcement of child support apply to medical support ordered pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645. The remedies established by sections 454.600 to 454.645 are in additio…

454.642. Compliance by employer or union, discharge of liability — termination of order. — 1. Compliance by an employer or union with the order for health benefit plan coverage operates as a discharge of liability to the obligor as to any part of the obligor's periodic earnings o…