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Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C452 > 452_344

Support obligations, bond or other guarantee to secure, when required,procedure--default, effect of.

452.344. 1. Upon entry of an order for support or divisionof property under this chapter or otherwise, or at any time thecourt finds any of the elements which constitute grounds forattachment under section 521.010, RSMo, the court, by its ownmotion or that of a party or assignee of a party, may requirethat the obligor provide sufficient security, bond or otherguarantee to secure the obligation to make support payments or tosecure the division of property, conditioned that the obligorwill pay all support payments as they come due, together withinterest thereon, and will abide the orders of the court withrespect to division of property.

2. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the circuitcourt in the county where the order for support or division ofproperty is filed, and the bond may be entered into before theclerk, if the court or judge entering the order for support ordivision of property shall first approve of the security.

3. The court, upon default in the condition of the bond,shall enter judgment against the obligors on the bond, accordingto the circumstances of the case, including interest or damages,and may award execution thereon, or otherwise enforce suchjudgment, according to the rules and practice of the court.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1275)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C452 > 452_344

Support obligations, bond or other guarantee to secure, when required,procedure--default, effect of.

452.344. 1. Upon entry of an order for support or divisionof property under this chapter or otherwise, or at any time thecourt finds any of the elements which constitute grounds forattachment under section 521.010, RSMo, the court, by its ownmotion or that of a party or assignee of a party, may requirethat the obligor provide sufficient security, bond or otherguarantee to secure the obligation to make support payments or tosecure the division of property, conditioned that the obligorwill pay all support payments as they come due, together withinterest thereon, and will abide the orders of the court withrespect to division of property.

2. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the circuitcourt in the county where the order for support or division ofproperty is filed, and the bond may be entered into before theclerk, if the court or judge entering the order for support ordivision of property shall first approve of the security.

3. The court, upon default in the condition of the bond,shall enter judgment against the obligors on the bond, accordingto the circumstances of the case, including interest or damages,and may award execution thereon, or otherwise enforce suchjudgment, according to the rules and practice of the court.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1275)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C452 > 452_344

Support obligations, bond or other guarantee to secure, when required,procedure--default, effect of.

452.344. 1. Upon entry of an order for support or divisionof property under this chapter or otherwise, or at any time thecourt finds any of the elements which constitute grounds forattachment under section 521.010, RSMo, the court, by its ownmotion or that of a party or assignee of a party, may requirethat the obligor provide sufficient security, bond or otherguarantee to secure the obligation to make support payments or tosecure the division of property, conditioned that the obligorwill pay all support payments as they come due, together withinterest thereon, and will abide the orders of the court withrespect to division of property.

2. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the circuitcourt in the county where the order for support or division ofproperty is filed, and the bond may be entered into before theclerk, if the court or judge entering the order for support ordivision of property shall first approve of the security.

3. The court, upon default in the condition of the bond,shall enter judgment against the obligors on the bond, accordingto the circumstances of the case, including interest or damages,and may award execution thereon, or otherwise enforce suchjudgment, according to the rules and practice of the court.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1275)