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MO Rev Stat § 454.536 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.536 - Records of payments and disbursements kept by division — clerks to certify records, when — non IV-D cases, procedure.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.536. Records of payments and disbursements kept by division — clerks to certify records, when — non IV-D cases, procedure. — 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 7-01-99  *Word "garnishments" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 454.539 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.539 - Admissibility of payment center records — certification by the director.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.539. Admissibility of payment center records — certification by the director. — 1. A copy of records of payments to and disbursements by the payment center, including but not limited to the records maintained in the automated child support system, or a circuit clerk, including but not limited to copies produced by electronic or optically scanned means, whether certified by the division, circuit clerk or an employee of the payment center, shall be admissible without further proof or foundation in any judicial or administrative proceeding as proof of credits and payments made to or by the payment center or circuit clerk. Records include, but are not limited to, records maintained in the automated child support system.  2. The records shall be certified by the director, a circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center, and additional proof of the official character of the person certifying such record or the authenticity of his or her signature shall not be required. The director, circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center may certify payment and disbursement records contained or maintained in, or shown by, the automated child support system. The certification of the director, circuit clerk or such clerk's designee, or an employee of the payment center shall certify payments or disbursements regardless of who made the entry of the payment or disbursement. Such records shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of support paid. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.542 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.542 - Compliance with subpoenas.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.542. Compliance with subpoenas. — If an employee of the division, a circuit clerk or an employee of the payment center is served* with a subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or an order to produce records, the employee or clerk may comply with the subpoena or order by transmitting a certified copy of the record to the requesting party. No party shall offer such records into evidence in response to a subpoena pursuant to this section unless all other parties to the action have been served with copies of such records and certification at least seven days prior to the commencement of the trial. A copy of properly certified records shall be admissible as evidence in all court or administrative proceedings. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99  *Word "serviced" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 454.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.545 - Rebuttable presumption for authenticity of certain judicial orders and documents.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.545. Rebuttable presumption for authenticity of certain judicial orders and documents. — 1. A copy of a judicial order and other documents on file with the court which are transmitted, whether transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means, to the division shall be rebuttably presumed to be true and correct copies of the original document, and may be offered into evidence without authentication or verification in any hearing or proceeding pursuant to this chapter.  2. A person contesting the authenticity of the document may rebut the presumption with a certified copy. The clerk shall furnish the division with certified copies upon request and without charge. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.548 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.548 - Processing fee permitted, amount.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.548. Processing fee permitted, amount. — In addition to any fees imposed pursuant to section 454.425 and if allowed by federal law, the division may charge and collect a fee of ten dollars from support received through the payment center for each order for every year or portion of a year during which payments are received by the payment center. Such fee shall be used to reimburse the state for the costs associated with processing support payments. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.551 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.551 - Certified or guaranteed check required, when — fee for insufficient funds checks, amount.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.551. Certified or guaranteed check required, when — fee for insufficient funds checks, amount. — 1. The division may require, after notice to the obligor, that any check paid to the payment center by the obligor must be certified or guaranteed for payment. An originator of a check other than a payor shall not be required to pay by certified or guaranteed check, unless an insufficient funds check is received and the provisions of this section have been followed.  2. In addition to any fees imposed pursuant to section 454.425, the payment center, when authorized by the division, or the state may charge a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for processing an insufficient funds check as a reimbursement for the costs of processing such check, and may issue a notice to the originator of any such check that no further checks will be accepted unless the check is certified or guaranteed for payment. The division may collect the fee which shall be considered a support order for enforcement pursuant to this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.554 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.554 - Notice to obligor, when — contempt motion filed, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.554. Notice to obligor, when — contempt motion filed, when. — If not required by an existing order, the division or circuit clerk shall notify by first class mail any obligor under a support order, and an employer or other payor who has or will be withholding income to direct support payments to the payment center. The division shall file a copy of the notice with the court with jurisdiction over the support order. Any obligor, employer or other payor who receives notice to direct payments to the payment center and thereafter fails to direct payments to the payment center shall receive a second written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested. Failure to pay the payment center after a second notice shall be grounds for contempt and a motion for contempt may be filed in the county or city not within a county in which the support order is filed. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.557 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.557 - Obligations not recorded in automated system, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   454.557. Obligations not recorded in automated system, when. — 1. A current support obligation shall not be recorded in the records maintained in the automated child support system in the following cases:  (1) In a IV-D case with a support order pursuant to section 454.465 or 454.470 when the division determines that payments for current support are no longer due and should no longer be made to the payment center. The division shall notify by first class mail the obligor and obligee under the support orders that payments shall no longer be made to the payment center, and any withholding of income shall be terminated unless it is subsequently determined by the division or court having jurisdiction that payments will continue. The division's determination shall terminate the division's support order, but shall not terminate any obligation of support established by court order. The obligor and obligee may contest the decision of the division to terminate the division's support order by requesting a hearing within thirty days of the mailing of the notice provided pursuant to this section. The hearing shall comply with the provisions of section 454.475;  (2) In all cases with a support order entered by a court when the court that issued the support order terminates such order. The division shall also cease enforcing the order if no past support is due; or  (3) In all cases when the obligation of a parent to make child support payments is deemed terminated under subdivisions (1) to (4) of subsection 11 of section 452.340.  2. Nothing in this section shall affect or terminate the amount due for unpaid past support. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 454.559 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.559 - Payments made to center upon request.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.559. Payments made to center upon request. — The court shall order payments to be made to the payment center upon request of the division or attorneys representing the division. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.560 - Endorsement of negotiable instruments, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 1999   454.560. Endorsement of negotiable instruments, when. — Payment on a support order to the payment center shall authorize the division to endorse a negotiable instrument payable to the obligee, the circuit clerk, the state or the state agency. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291)  Effective 7-01-99
MO Rev Stat § 454.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.565 - Report to the general assembly, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   454.565. Report to the general assembly, when. — Beginning in 2000, the family support division shall report to the general assembly regarding the family support payment center by December 1, 2000, and by each December first thereafter. Such report shall include recommendations and an analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of the system. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 291, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 454.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.600 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories   454.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 454.600 to 454.645, the following terms mean:  (1) "Court", any circuit court establishing a support obligation pursuant to an action under this chapter, chapter 210, chapter 211 or chapter 452;  (2) "Director", the director of the family support division of the department of social services;  (3) "Division", the family support division of the department of social services;  (4) "Employer", any individual, organization, agency, business or corporation hiring an obligor for pay;  (5) "Health benefit plan", any benefit plan or combination of plans providing medical or dental care or benefits through insurance or otherwise, including but not limited to, health service corporations, as defined in section 354.010; prepaid dental plans, as defined in section 354.700; health maintenance organization plans, as defined in section 354.400; and self-insurance plans, to the extent allowed by federal law;  (6) "Minor child", a child for whom a support obligation exists under law;  (7) "Obligee", a person to whom a duty of support is owed or a person, including any division of the department of social services, who has commenced a proceeding for enforcement of an alleged duty of support or for registration of a support order, regardless of whether the person to whom a duty of support is owed is a recipient of public assistance;  (8) "Obligor", a person owing a duty of support or against whom a proceeding for the enforcement of a duty of support or registration of a support order is commenced;  (9) "IV-D case", a case in which support rights have been assigned to the state of Missouri pursuant to section 208.040, or in which the family support division is providing support enforcement services pursuant to section 454.425. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397)
MO Rev Stat § 454.606 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.606 - Notice to employer or union, National Medical Support Notice to be used — notice, how delivered — division duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   454.606. Notice to employer or union, National Medical Support Notice to be used — notice, how delivered — division duties. — 1. In all IV-D cases in which income withholding for child support is to be initiated on the effective date of the order pursuant to section 452.350 and section 454.505, respectively, the circuit clerk or division, as appropriate, shall send a notice to the employer or union of the parent who has been ordered to provide the health benefit plan coverage at the same time the support order withholding notice is issued. In cases in which the division enforces an order to obtain health benefit plan coverage, it also shall send a notice to the employer or union of the parent who has been ordered to provide the health benefit plan coverage.  2. The notice shall be sent to the employer or union either by regular mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested.  3. The division shall use the National Medical Support Notice required by 42 U.S.C. Section 666(a)(19) and 45 C.F.R. Section 303.32 to enforce health benefit plan coverage under this chapter. All employers, unions, and plan administrators shall comply with the terms of the National Medical Support Notice, including the instructions therein, whether issued by the division or the IV-D agency of another state which appears regular on its face. The division shall:  (1) Transfer the National Medical Support Notice to an employer within two business days after the date of entry of an employee who is an obligor in a IV-D case in the state directory of new hires; and  (2) Promptly notify the appropriate employer or union if a current order for medical support for which the division is responsible is no longer in effect.  4. The notice issued by the circuit clerk shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:  (1) The parent's name and Social Security number;  (2) A statement that the parent is required to provide and maintain health benefit plan coverage for a dependent minor child; and  (3) The name, date of birth, and Social Security number, if available, for each child.  5. The notice to withhold sufficient funds from the earnings due the obligor to cover employee contributions or premiums, when necessary to comply with the order to provide health benefit plan coverage, is binding on current and successor employers for current and subsequent periods of employment. Such notice shall continue until further notice by the court or division.  6. The withholding of health benefit plan employee contributions or premiums from income, if required to comply with the order, shall not be held in abeyance pending the outcome of any hearing provided pursuant to section 454.609. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 5, A.L. 2002 S.B. 923, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 330)
MO Rev Stat § 454.609 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.609 - Notice to obligor, contents — grounds for contesting, hearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   454.609. Notice to obligor, contents — grounds for contesting, hearing. — 1. At the same time an employer or union notice is sent pursuant to section 454.606, the circuit clerk or the division, as appropriate, shall send a notice to the obligor by any form of mail to the obligor's last known address. The information contained in that notice shall include:  (1) A statement that the parent has been directed to provide and maintain health benefit plan coverage for the benefit of a minor child;  (2) The name and date of birth of the minor child;  (3) A statement that the income withholding for health benefit coverage applies to current and subsequent periods of employment;  (4) A statement that the parent may within thirty days of the mailing date of the order or notice submit a written contest to the withholding on the grounds that the withholding is not proper because of mistake of fact or because the obligor provides other insurance that was obtained prior to issuance of the withholding order or notice that is comparable to the health benefit plan available through the employer or union or nonemployer or nonunion group;  (5) A statement that if the obligor contests the withholding, the obligor shall be afforded an opportunity to present his or her case to the court or the division within thirty days of receipt of the notice of contest;  (6) A statement of exemptions which may apply to limit the portion of the obligated party's disposable earnings which are subject to the withholding under federal or state law;  (7) The Social Security number of the obligor, if available;  (8) A statement that state law prohibits employers from retaliating against an obligor under an order to provide health benefit plan coverage and that the court or the division should be contacted if the obligor has been retaliated against by his or her employer as a result of the order for health benefit plan coverage.  2. The only grounds to contest a withholding order or notice for health benefit plan coverage sent to an employer or union shall be mistake of fact or that the obligor obtained other insurance prior to issuance of the withholding order or notice that is comparable to the health benefit plan available through the employer or union, or nonemployer or nonunion group. For purposes of sections 454.600 to 454.645, "mistake of fact" means an error as to the identity of the obligor.  3. If the obligor contests the withholding order or notice for health plan coverage because of mistake of fact or because the obligor obtained comparable insurance prior to issuance of the withholding order or notice, the court or the director shall hold a hearing, enter an order disposing of all issues disputed by the obligor and notify the obligated party of the determination and date, within forty-five days of the date of receipt of the obligated party's notice of contest. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 6, A.L. 2002 S.B. 923, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 454.612 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Domestic Relations|Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law|Section 454.612 - Written proof of obligor's compliance with order — forwarding to union or employer.

Effective - 26 May 1993   454.612. Written proof of obligor's compliance with order — forwarding to union or employer. — 1. In cases other than IV-D cases, the obligor shall provide to the obligee within thirty days of receipt of effective notice of a court order for health benefit plan coverage pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 written proof of the obligor's compliance with that order. Compliance means either that the health benefit plan coverage has been obtained or that a correct and complete application for such coverage has been made.  2. The obligee shall forward a copy of the court order for health benefit plan coverage issued pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 to the obligor's employer or union when ordered to do so by the court or when:  (1) The obligor fails to provide written proof of compliance with the court order to the obligee within thirty days of the obligor's receipt of effective written notice of the court order;  (2) The obligee serves by mail at the obligor's known post office address written notice on the obligor of the obligee's intent to enforce the order;  (3) The obligor fails to provide, within fifteen days after the date the obligee mailed the notice provided for in this section, written proof to the obligee that the obligor has obtained the health benefit plan coverage ordered by the court or has applied for such coverage; and  (4) The obligee files an affidavit with the circuit clerk alleging that the obligor failed to provide written proof of compliance after mailing the notice required by this section to the obligor. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 7)  Effective 5-26-93