Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 454

Enforcement of Support Law

←454.533

Section 454.536.1

454.539→

August 28, 2015

Records of payments and disbursements kept by division--clerks to certify records, when--non IV-D cases, procedure.

454.536. 1. The division shall maintain or cause to be maintained

records showing payments and disbursements made by the payment center. The

records shall be maintained in the automated child support system established

pursuant to this chapter. The records shall include the amount of current

support due and the total amount due for past unpaid support, and payment and

disbursement records previously maintained by the circuit clerks of this

state.



2. The circuit clerk shall certify the records of past payments and

disbursements to the payment center at the time payments are directed to be

made to the center. The payment and disbursement records of the circuit

clerks, as shown on the automated child support system, shall be deemed

certified by the clerks. The division or circuit clerk shall record or cause

to be recorded other credits against a support order. Credits allowed

pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to, abatements

pursuant to section 452.340, in-kind payments pursuant to section 454.432,

amounts collected from an obligor from federal and state income tax refunds,

state lottery payments, Social Security payments, unemployment and workers'

compensation benefits, income withholdings authorized by law, liens,

garnishment* actions, and any other amounts required to be credited by state

law.



3. In a case that is not a IV-D case, the division shall only record

payments that are received by the payment center, with all other credits

recorded by the clerk. The division may change the name and address

information as shown on the automated child support system based on

information received by the payment center. In cases in which payments are to

be made to the payment center, obligors and obligees shall notify the payment

center of any changes in their names or addresses. Such notice shall be

sufficient notice for the division for purposes of section 454.413.



(L. 1999 S.B. 291)



Effective 7-1-99



*Word "garnishments" appears in original rolls.







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