Title XXX — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

452.1236. Grant of limited contact. — On motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, unless the court finds that the contact would be contrary to the best interest of the child, a court shall grant limited conta…

452.1238. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order. — 1. A grant of authority under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 is temporary and terminates under sections 452.1246 to 452.1252 after the return from deployment of the deploying parent, unless the grant has been term…

452.1240. Content of temporary custody order. — 1. An order granting custodial responsibility under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 must: (1) Designate the order as temporary; and (2) Identify to the extent feasible the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment. 2. If…

452.1242. Order for child support. — If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244, or an agreement granting caretaking authority has been executed under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222, the court may enter a temporary order for ch…

452.1244. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent. — 1. Except for an order under section 452.1232, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, and consistent with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. Appendix Sections 5…

452.1246. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement. — 1. At any time after return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 may be terminated by an agreement t…

452.1248. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. — At any time after a deploying parent returns from deployment, the deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a tempor…

452.1250. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility. — After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 or sections 452.1224 to 452…

452.1252. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. — 1. If an agreement between the parties to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 has not been filed, the or…

452.1254. Uniformity of application and construction. — In applying and construing sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)…

452.1256. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. — Sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 modify, limit, or supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede Secti…

452.1258. Savings clause. — Sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 do not affect the validity of a temporary court order concerning custodial responsibility during deployment which was entered before August 28, 2024. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)

452.130. Spouse abandoned, court to adjudge maintenance — execution to enforce. — When a person, without good cause, shall abandon his or her spouse, and refuse or neglect to maintain and provide for him or her, the circuit court, on his or her petition for that purpose, shall or…

452.140. No property exempt from attachment or execution, when. — No property shall be exempt from attachment or execution in a proceeding instituted by a person for maintenance, nor from attachment or execution upon a judgment or order issued to enforce a decree for alimony or f…

452.150. Services and earnings of unmarried minor children — custody and control of. — The father and mother living apart are entitled to an adjudication by the circuit court as to their powers, rights and duties in respect to the custody and control and the services and earnings…

452.160. Father and mother, parent, child, defined — how construed. — The terms of section 452.150 shall apply to children born out of wedlock and to children born in wedlock, and the terms "father and mother", "parent", "child", shall apply without reference to whether a child w…

452.170. Petition for enjoyment of spouse's separate estate, when. — If any married person shall hold real estate in his or her own right, and his or her spouse, by criminal conduct toward him or her, or by ill usage, shall give him or her cause to live separate and apart from hi…

452.180. Circuit court may make decree. — The circuit court, on due proof of such facts, may, in its discretion, make such order and decree in the premises as shall give such married person the sole use and benefit of such real estate, or such part thereof as it may think reasona…

452.190. Authorization by court to sell property. — When any married person shall abandon his or her spouse, or from worthlessness, drunkenness or other cause fail to make sufficient provision for his or her support, the circuit court of the county where he or she has his or her …

452.200. Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse. — Any married person may file a petition in the circuit court, setting forth that his or her spouse, from habitual intemperance, or any other cause, is about to squander and waste the property, money, c…

452.210. Court may authorize persons holding money of married person to pay spouse. — The court may also, upon the petition of such person, authorize any person holding money or other personal estate to which the spouse is entitled in his or her right to pay and deliver the same …

452.220. Married person entitled to proceeds of earnings of his or her minor children, when. — Such married person, during the period his or her spouse shall fail to provide for his or her support, as stated in section 452.130, shall be entitled to the proceeds of the earnings of…

452.230. Proceeds used for support of himself or herself and family. — All the proceeds of such sales, and all other money and personal estate which shall come to the hands of a person by force of the provisions of sections 451.250 to 451.300 and sections 452.130, 452.140, 452.17…

452.240. Filing of petition, proceedings. — The petition of a married person for any of the purposes before mentioned may be filed and the case heard and determined in the circuit court, and the like process and proceedings shall be had as in other civil suits triable before circ…

452.250. Proceedings on such petition — appeal allowed, when and where. — The same proceedings shall be had in relation to such petition as the law requires in other proceedings before circuit judges, and in relation to enforcing the orders and decrees, except that no appeal shal…

452.300. Procedure and venue. — 1. The rules of the supreme court and other applicable court rules shall govern all proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415. 2. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall b…

452.305. Judgment of dissolution, grounds for — legal separation, when — judgments to contain Social Security numbers. — 1. The court shall enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage if: (1) The court finds that one of the parties has been a resident of this state, or is a membe…

452.310. Petition, contents — service, how — rules to apply — defenses abolished — parenting plans submitted, when, content, exception. — 1. In any proceeding commenced pursuant to this chapter, the petition, a motion to modify, a motion for a family access order and a motion for…

452.311. Petition for dissolution filed when, requirements. — A petition is not filed within the meaning of supreme court rule 53.01 in any cause of action authorized by the provisions of this chapter, unless a summons is issued forthwith as required by supreme court rule 54.01, …

452.312. Parties' current employers and Social Security numbers to be contained in certain pleadings and decrees. — 1. Every petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, every motion for modification of a decree respecting maintenance or support, and every petition o…

452.314. Guardian for incapacitated person may file for dissolution or separation if ward is a victim of spousal abuse. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a guardian for an incapacitated person may file a petition for dissolution of the marriage of, or …

452.315. Authorized motions — restraining order, when, answer, when due, effect of — child support, temporary order, when, amount. — 1. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, either party may move for temporary maintenance and for temporary support for e…

452.317. Termination of insurance prohibited, when. — From the date of filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, no party shall terminate coverage during the pendency of the proceeding for any other party or any minor child of the marriage under any …

452.318. Counseling for minor children ordered, when, costs. — In any action for dissolution of marriage involving minor children, the court may order counseling for such children. The court may assess and apportion the costs of child counseling between the parties. ­­-------- (L…

452.320. Finding that marriage is irretrievably broken, when — notice — denial by a party, effect of — alternate findings. — 1. If both of the parties by petition or otherwise have stated under oath or affirmation that the marriage is irretrievably broken, or one of the parties h…

452.325. Separation agreements authorized, effect of — orders for disposition of property, when — terms of agreement, how enforced. — 1. To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a marriage attendant upon their separation or the dissolution of their ma…

452.330. Disposition of property and debts, factors to be considered. — 1. In a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage or legal separation, or in a proceeding for disposition of property following dissolution of the marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over …

452.335. Maintenance order, findings required for — termination date, may be modified, when. — 1. In a proceeding for nonretroactive invalidity, dissolution of marriage or legal separation, or a proceeding for maintenance following dissolution of the marriage by a court which lac…

452.340. Child support, how allocated — factors to be considered — abatement or termination of support, when — support after age eighteen, when — public policy of state — payments may be made directly to child, when — child support guidelines, rebuttable presumption, use of guide…

452.341. Obligor may request affidavit, when — cause of action for failure to execute, when — false affidavit, penalty. — 1. Any person obligated under a judgment or order of a court to make installment payments of child support or spousal support may request from the person enti…

452.342. Summary of expenses paid on behalf of child, required when. — The court which issued a judgment or order of child support payments may, upon petition of the party obligated to make the payments and upon good cause shown, order the custodial parent to furnish the party ha…

452.343. All judgments and orders shall contain the parties' Social Security numbers. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every judgment or order issued in this state which, in whole or in part, affects child custody, child support, visitation, modification of…

452.344. Support obligations, bond or other guarantee to secure, when required, procedure — default, effect of. — 1. Upon entry of an order for support or division of property under this chapter or otherwise, or at any time the court finds any of the elements which constitute gro…

452.345. Maintenance or support payments to circuit clerk or family support payment center, when — procedure — duties of parties — failure to pay, circuit clerk duties. — 1. As used in sections 452.345 to 452.350, the term "IV-D case" shall mean a case in which support rights hav…

452.346. Medical assistance documentation provided, when. — Upon written request of a parent of a child, as defined in section 452.160, who is receiving medical assistance pursuant to section 208.151, the family support division shall provide such parent with documentation that a…

452.347. Notice of a child support establishment or modification proceeding, when — copy of the order provided, when. — In any proceeding before a court where child support may be established or modified for an applicant or recipient of child support services pursuant to chapter …

452.350. Withholding of income, voluntary or court may order, when, when effective — hearing, when — employer, duties, liabilities, fee — discharge or discipline of employee because of a withholding notice prohibited, penalty — civil contempt proceeding authorized — amendment, te…

452.354. Modification of child support, attorney fees awarded to state, when. — In all proceedings for the modification of child support where the state is a party, the court may, upon motion, award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the state. ­­-------- (L. 2009 H.B. 4…

452.355. Allocation of cost of action and attorney fees by court — actions for failure to pay child support, reasonable costs and attorney fees to be paid by obligor, when — definitions. — 1. Unless otherwise indicated, the court from time to time after considering all relevant f…

452.360. Judgment of dissolution or legal separation final when entered — appeal, effect of — distribution of property final — conversion of judgment of legal separation to dissolution, when — notice, to whom. — 1. A judgment of dissolution of marriage or of legal separation is f…