Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 454

Enforcement of Support Law

←454.1635

Section 454.1638.1

454.1641→

August 28, 2015

Effect of registration for enforcement.

454.1638. (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in

another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is

filed in the registering tribunal of this state.



(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign

country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same

procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.



(c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 454.1500 to 454.1728, a

tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a

registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.



(L. 2011 H.B. 260)



Contingent effective date, see § 454.1728







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