☰ Revisor of Missouri

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 454

< > Effective - 01 Jul 1997, 2 histories, see footnote (history) bottom

  *454.850.  Definitions. — In sections 454.850 to 454.997:

  (1)  "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.

  (2)  "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.

  (3)  "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.

  (4)  "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the state in which the child lived from birth with any of them.  A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the six-month or other period.

  (5)  "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state.

  (6)  "Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by section 452.350 or 454.505, to withhold support from the income of the obligor.

  (7)  "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding state under the provisions of sections 454.850 to 454.997 or a law or procedure substantially similar to sections 454.850 to 454.997, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act.

  (8)  "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating state.

  (9)  "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.

  (10)  "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.

  (11)  "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.

  (12)  "Obligee" means:

  (i)  an individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered;

  (ii)  a state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or

  (iii)  an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child.

  (13)  "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:

  (i)  who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;

  (ii)  who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child; or

  (iii)  who is liable under a support order.

  (14)  "Register" means to record or file a support order or judgment determining parentage in the  tribunal having jurisdiction in such action.

  (15)  "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is registered.

  (16)  "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is filed or to which a proceeding is forwarded  for filing from an initiating state under the provisions of sections 454.850 to 454.997 or a law substantially similar to sections 454.850 to 454.997, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act.

  (17)  "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state.

  (18)  "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor.

  (19)  "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.  The term "state" includes:

  (i)  an Indian tribe; and

  (ii)  a foreign jurisdiction that has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under sections 454.850 to 454.997 or the procedures under the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act.

  (20)  "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency authorized to seek:

  (i)  enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

  (ii)  establishment or modification of child support;

  (iii)  determination of parentage; or

  (iv)  to locate obligors or their assets.

  (21)  "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, and other relief.

  (22)  "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.

­­--------

(L. 1996 H.B. 992, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361)

Effective 7-01-97

*Repealed L. 2011 H.B. 260, see § 454.849 for contingent effective date


---- end of effective  01 Jul 1997 ----

use this link to bookmark section  454.850


 - All versions
Effective End
454.850 8/28/2011 6/15/2016
454.850 7/1/1997 6/15/2016

Click here for the Reorganization Act of 1974 - or - Concurrent Resolutions Having Force & Effect of Law
In accordance with Section 3.090, the language of statutory sections enacted during a legislative session are updated and available on this website on the effective date of such enacted statutory section. Revisor Home    

Other Information
 Recent Sections Editorials May Be Cited As Tables & Forms Multiple Enact
Repeal & Transfer Definitions End Report

Site changes Pictures Contact

Other Links
Legislative Research Oversight MOLIS
Library MO WebMasters
Senate
Missouri Senate
State of Missouri
MO.gov
House
Missouri House