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Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C454 > 454_890

Receipt of petition by state tribunal, notification of petitioner,powers of court.

454.890. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives apetition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directlypursuant to subsection (c) of section 454.880, it shall cause the petition orpleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent otherwiseauthorized by law, may do one or more of the following:

(1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, orrender a judgment to determine parentage;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying theamount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;

(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method ofpayment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor'scurrent residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after propernotice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the benchwarrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specifiedmethods;

(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include a support orderissued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment ofa support order issued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, upon compliance by aparty with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order undersections 454.850 to 454.997, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order tothe petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

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

Effective 7-1-97

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C454 > 454_890

Receipt of petition by state tribunal, notification of petitioner,powers of court.

454.890. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives apetition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directlypursuant to subsection (c) of section 454.880, it shall cause the petition orpleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent otherwiseauthorized by law, may do one or more of the following:

(1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, orrender a judgment to determine parentage;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying theamount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;

(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method ofpayment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor'scurrent residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after propernotice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the benchwarrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specifiedmethods;

(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include a support orderissued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment ofa support order issued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, upon compliance by aparty with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order undersections 454.850 to 454.997, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order tothe petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

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

Effective 7-1-97


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C454 > 454_890

Receipt of petition by state tribunal, notification of petitioner,powers of court.

454.890. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives apetition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directlypursuant to subsection (c) of section 454.880, it shall cause the petition orpleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent otherwiseauthorized by law, may do one or more of the following:

(1) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, orrender a judgment to determine parentage;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying theamount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;

(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method ofpayment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor'scurrent residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after propernotice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the benchwarrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specifiedmethods;

(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include a support orderissued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment ofa support order issued under sections 454.850 to 454.997, upon compliance by aparty with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order undersections 454.850 to 454.997, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order tothe petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

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

Effective 7-1-97