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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.026 - Written report to be furnished to prospective adoptive parent, court and guardian ad litem, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.026. Written report to be furnished to prospective adoptive parent, court and guardian ad litem, when. —
1. As early as is practical before a prospective adoptive parent accepts physical custody of a child, the person placing the child for adoption, as authorized by section 453.014, shall furnish to the court, the guardian ad litem and the prospective adoptive parent a written report regarding the child.
2. The person placing the child shall not be held liable for incorrect information as provided by others or unintentional errors when making the written report.
3. The children's division of the department of social services shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding all written information that shall be furnished to the court, the guardian ad litem and the prospective adoptive parent.
4. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.050 - Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted — how executed.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
453.050. Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted — how executed. —
1. The juvenile court may, upon application, permit a parent to waive the necessity of such person's consent to a future adoption of the child. However, that approval cannot be granted until the child is at least two days old.
2. The waiver of consent may be executed before or after the institution of the adoption proceedings, and shall be executed in front of a judge or acknowledged before a notary public, or in lieu of such acknowledgment, the signature of the person giving such written consent shall be witnessed by the signatures of at least two adult persons whose addresses shall be plainly written thereon. If waiver of consent is executed in front of a judge, it shall be the duty of the judge to advise the consenting party of the consequences of the waiver of consent.
3. A waiver of consent shall be valid and effective even though the parent waiving consent was under eighteen years of age at the time of the execution thereof.
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(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9609, A.L. 1959 H.B. 438, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2013 S.B. 100)
(1955) Parent does not have arbitrary right to revoke consent to adoption, but such revocation may be permitted for cause in sound discretion of court. Adoption of McKinzie (A.), 275 S.W.2d 365.
(1956) Since consent is irrevocable without leave of court, it is revocable with leave of court, so that a remedy is available to rectify injudicious consent. In re Mayernik (Mo.), 292 S.W.2d 562.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.061 - Conception of a child, man deemed to be on notice, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
453.061. Conception of a child, man deemed to be on notice, when. —
Any man who has engaged in sexual intercourse with a woman is deemed to be on notice that a child may be conceived and as a result is entitled to notice of an adoption proceeding only as provided in this chapter.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1453)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.065 - Definitions.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.065. Definitions. —
As used in sections 453.065 to 453.074, the following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(1)
"Child"
, a person within the state who is under the age of eighteen or in the custody of the children's division who is in need of medical, dental, educational, mental or other related health services and treatment, as defined in this section, or who belongs to a racial or ethnic minority, who is five years of age or older, or who is a member of a sibling group, and for whom an adoptive home is not readily available. If the physical, dental or mental condition of the child requires care after the age of eighteen, payment can be continued with the approval of the children's division of the department of social services and subject to annual review;
(2)
"Diminishing allotment"
, a monthly payment which periodically diminishes over a period of not longer than four years at which time it ceases;
(3)
"Long term subsidy"
, a continuous monthly payment toward the child's care for a period of more than four years;
(4)
"Special services"
, an allotment to a child who is in need of medical, dental, educational, mental health or other related health services and treatment, including treatment for physical handicap, intellectual impairment, developmental disability, mental or emotional disturbance, social maladjustment;
(5)
"Time limited subsidy"
, a monthly allotment which is continued for a limited time after legal adoption, not exceeding four years. This compensation is to aid the family in integrating the care of the new child in their home.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 254 § 453.085 subsec. 1, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.072 - Qualified relatives to receive subsidies, when — definitions.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 4 histories
453.072. Qualified relatives to receive subsidies, when — definitions. —
1. Any subsidies available to adoptive parents pursuant to section 453.073 and section 453.074 shall also be available to a qualified relative of a child or a qualified close nonrelated person who is granted legal guardianship of the child in the same manner as such subsidies are available for adoptive parents.
2. As used in this section:
(1)
"Close nonrelated person"
means any nonrelated person whose life is so intermingled with the child such that the relationship is similar to a family relationship;
(2)
"Relative"
means any grandparent, aunt, uncle, adult sibling of the child or adult first cousin of the child, or any other person related to the child by blood or affinity.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 236, A.L. 2005 S.B. 539, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1946, A.L. 2013 S.B. 47)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.073 - Subsidy to adopted child — determination of — how paid — written agreement.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 4 histories
453.073. Subsidy to adopted child — determination of — how paid — written agreement. —
1. The children's division is authorized to grant a subsidy to a child in one of the forms of allotment defined in section 453.065. Determination of the amount of monetary need is to be made by the division at the time of placement, if practicable, and in reference to the needs of the child, including consideration of the physical and mental condition, and age of the child in each case; provided, however, that the subsidy amount shall not exceed the expenses of foster care and medical care for foster children paid under the homeless, dependent and neglected foster care program.
2. Beginning January 1, 2015, subsidy agreements entered into under this section shall include a provision allowing for the suspension or redirection of subsidy payments in the event that the child has been:
(1) Adjudicated dependent and made a ward of the court under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 211.031; and
(2) Removed from the physical or legal custody of the parent or parents by a court of competent jurisdiction.
3. The subsidy shall be paid for children who have been in the care and custody of the children's division under the homeless, dependent and neglected foster care program. In the case of a child who has been in the care and custody of a private child-caring or child-placing agency or in the care and custody of the division of youth services or the department of mental health, a subsidy shall be available from the children's division subsidy program in the same manner and under the same circumstances and conditions as provided for a child who has been in the care and custody of the children's division.
4. Within thirty days after the authorization for the grant of a subsidy by the children's division, a written agreement shall be entered into by the division and the parents. The agreement shall set forth the following terms and conditions:
(1) The type of allotment;
(2) The amount of assistance payments;
(3) The services to be provided;
(4) The time period for which the subsidy is granted, if such period is reasonably ascertainable;
(5) The obligation of the parents to inform the division when they are no longer providing support to the child or when events affect the subsidy eligibility of the child;
(6) The eligibility of the child for Medicaid; and
(7) That the children's division may suspend or redirect subsidy payments under subsection 2 of this section.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 254 § 453.085 subsecs. 2, 3, 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1684, A.L. 1981 H.B. 37, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 S.B. 48, A.L. 2005 S.B. 539, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1946, A.L. 2014 S.B. 869)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.074 - Duties of children's division in administration of subsidy.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.074. Duties of children's division in administration of subsidy. —
1. The children's division shall have the following duties in the administration of the subsidy program:
(1) Notify all petitioners for adoption of the availability of subsidies for a child;
(2) Provide all petitioners for adoption with the rules and eligibility requirements for subsidies;
(3) Inform the parents of a child receiving a subsidy of reductions, suspensions, or redirections under subsection 2 of section 453.073, or other modifications in the terms and conditions of the written agreement;
(4) Establish procedures for the resolution of disputes involving the delay, denial, suspensions, or redirections under subsection 2 of section 453.073, amount or type of subsidy;
(5) File an annual report to the legislature in the budget proposal on the adoption subsidy program, including but not limited to, the number and types of subsidies being paid, an accounting of state and federal funds expended, and a projection of future monetary needs to maintain the subsidy program;
(6) Comply with all federal laws relating to adoption subsidies in order to maintain the eligibility of the state of Missouri for federal funds.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the adoption of a child by the spouse of a biological parent or an adoptive parent.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision merged with S.B. 869)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.075 - Petitioner in adoption proceeding to give accounting, when — contents — consequences of impropriety.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
453.075. Petitioner in adoption proceeding to give accounting, when — contents — consequences of impropriety. —
1. The court shall require the petitioner in any proceeding for adoption to file at the time of filing the petition for permission to adopt, a signed and verified full accounting of any money, anything of value or other consideration paid or transferred by or on behalf of the petitioner in connection with the placement or adoption. The accounting shall show all payments or transfers made or to be made or consideration given or promised by or on behalf of the petitioner in connection with the placement or adoption, including:
(1) Hospital, medical and physician expenses incurred by the mother or a child in connection with the birth and any illness of the newborn child;
(2) Counseling services for a parent or child for a reasonable time before and after the child's placement for adoption;
(3) Expenses incurred in obtaining a preplacement assessment and an assessment during the proceeding for adoption;
(4) Reasonable legal expenses of the birth parents and adoptive parents, court costs and travel or other administrative expenses connected with an adoption;
(5) Reasonable living expenses, including but not limited to food, shelter, utilities, transportation or clothing expenses of the birth parents and child which are within the norms of the community in which the birth mother resides; and
(6) Any other services or items the court finds are reasonably necessary.
2. The court may decline to issue a decree of adoption and, in the event one of the petitioners is not a biological or adoptive parent of the child, may order the transfer of lawful custody from the petitioners to a licensed child-placement agency if, after a hearing, it determines:
(1) That any of the payments, transfers or consideration were unreasonable; or
(2) That any of the payments, transfers or consideration were other than those permitted under section 568.175; or
(3) That the petitioner has failed to report all of the payments, transfers or consideration given by or on behalf of the petitioner in connection with the placement or adoption.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1989 H.B. 51, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1296, A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1918 merged with S.B. 674)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.077 - Postplacement assessments required, when — rulemaking authority.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.077. Postplacement assessments required, when — rulemaking authority. —
1. When a child has been placed with the petitioner for the required six-month placement period, the person conducting the preplacement assessment of the adoption or other persons authorized to conduct assessments pursuant to section 453.070 shall provide the court with a postplacement assessment. The specific content of which shall be determined by rule by the children's division of the department of social services. The postplacement assessment shall include an update of the preplacement assessment which was submitted to the court pursuant to section 453.070, and a report on the emotional, physical and psychological status of the child. If an assessment is conducted after August 28, 1997, but prior to the promulgation of rules and regulations by the department concerning the contents of such assessment, any discrepancy between the contents of the actual assessment and the contents of the assessment required by department rule shall not be used as the sole basis for invalidating an adoption.
2. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1918 merged with S.B. 674, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.100 - Clerk to certify decree for vital statistics record — contents.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
453.100. Clerk to certify decree for vital statistics record — contents. —
After the entry of the decree of adoption, the clerk of the court shall immediately send to the department of health and senior services a certificate of the decree of adoption, which shall set forth the original name, the new name, sex, date and place of birth of the person adopted, the name of his natural parents, if known, the names of the adopting parents, and any other pertinent facts set forth in the decree of adoption on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar pursuant to section 193.125.
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(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9614a, A.L. 1955 p. 517, A.L. 1959 H.B. 384, A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.101 - Guardian appointed when adoption not granted — powers and duties to be specified.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
453.101. Guardian appointed when adoption not granted — powers and duties to be specified. —
In the event that the juvenile court does not grant the adoption, the court may order that a guardian be appointed under the provisions of chapter 475 to provide long-term care for the child. The order appointing the guardian shall specify the powers and duties of the guardian and the period of time the guardianship shall remain in effect with mandatory review by the court as provided in chapter 475.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.102 - Division to inform adoptive parents of postplacement services, when — nature of services — family services to assist in cases of adoptive placement.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.102. Division to inform adoptive parents of postplacement services, when — nature of services — family services to assist in cases of adoptive placement. —
1. After an adoptive placement has been made, the children's division or other child-placing agency shall inform the adoptive parents of postplacement services available to them and the child. Such services may include, aiding the family in contacting adoptive family support groups, providing family counseling, periodic visitation by the agency and any other resources or services that would assist the family and the child in adjusting to the adoption.
2. In the event that an adoptive placement or a final adoption is disrupted resulting in the removal of the child from the home of the adoptive parents, the children's division or other child-placing agency shall assist the parents and the child by providing or arranging contact with support groups, counseling or any other service deemed necessary to aid the family and the child in adjusting to the removal.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.120 - Records of adoption proceedings not open to inspection except on order of the court — penalty for violation.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
453.120. Records of adoption proceedings not open to inspection except on order of the court — penalty for violation. —
1. The files and records of the court in adoption proceedings shall not be open to inspection or copy by any person or persons, except upon an order of the court expressly permitting the same issued in accordance with the provisions of section 453.121.
2. Any person who permits such inspection or copy without an order of the court as provided in this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1941 p. 319 § 9611B, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9611, A.L. 1986 H.B. 920)
(1978) Statute limiting the right of adopted child to see adoption files did not unconstitutionally infringe on first amendment right to receive information, right to liberty or privacy, or equal protection. Application of Maples (Mo.), 563 S.W.2d 760.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.140 - Validity of decree not subject to attack for irregularities after expiration of one year.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
453.140. Validity of decree not subject to attack for irregularities after expiration of one year. —
After the expiration of one year from the date of entry of the decree of adoption, the validity thereof shall not be subject to attack in any proceedings, collateral or direct, by reason of any irregularity in proceedings had pursuant to this chapter.
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(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9616c)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.150 - Effect of adoptions made previous to July 1, 1917.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
453.150. Effect of adoptions made previous to July 1, 1917. —
Any person adopted by deed of adoption or agreement of adoption in writing prior to 1917 and wherein said instrument was filed for record prior to July 1, 1917, shall hereafter be deemed and held to be for every purpose the child of its parent or parents by adoption as fully as though born to them in lawful wedlock, and such adoption shall have the same force and effect as an adoption under the provisions of this chapter, including all inheritance rights.
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(L. 1943 p. 353 § 9616a)
(1952) Where deed of adoption, executed in 1912, was filed for record April 23, 1918, this section has no application, and blood relatives of adopted child, rather than relatives of adoptive parents, inherit from such child notwithstanding child inherited property from adoptive parents. Rumans v. Lighthizer, 363 Mo. 125, 249 S.W.2d 397.
(1958) Daughter adopted by testator's daughter in 1909 held to be entitled to share in distribution of remainder of trust estate to "lineal descendants" of testator under will executed in 1927 and where remainder vested in 1955 and such ruling did not render acts passed subsequent to testator's death and prior to vesting of remainder which qualified adopted daughter as lineal descendant violative of §§ 10 and 13 of Art. I of the Constitution. Commerce Trust Co. v. Weed (Mo.), 318 S.W.2d 289.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.153 - One church-one child program to find adoptive placements for certain children.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
453.153. One church-one child program to find adoptive placements for certain children. —
The director of the department of social services shall develop and implement a program to work through local churches to find adoptive placements for minority and hard to place children. The program shall be known as "Missouri, One Church-One Child" program.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 51 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.160 - Validity of decree under any prior act not subject to attack for irregularities after expiration of one year — revocation of consent.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
453.160. Validity of decree under any prior act not subject to attack for irregularities after expiration of one year — revocation of consent. —
1. After the expiration of one year from the date this chapter shall become effective, the validity of any decree of adoption pursuant to any prior law shall not be subject to attack in any proceedings, collateral or direct, by reason of any irregularity in proceedings had pursuant to such prior law.
2. Any consent required for an adoption may only be revoked within one year of the date of such consent for fraud or duress.
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(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9616d, A.L. 1998 S.B. 674)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.170 - Adoption under laws of other states or countries, requirements, effect.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
453.170. Adoption under laws of other states or countries, requirements, effect. —
1. When an adoption occurs pursuant to the laws of other states of the United States, Missouri shall, from the date of adoption hold the adopted person to be for every purpose the lawful child of its parent or parents by adoption as fully as though born to them in lawful wedlock, and such adoption shall have the same force and effect as adoption pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including all inheritance rights.
2. When an adoption occurs in a foreign country and the adopted child has migrated to the United States with the permission of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services, this state shall recognize the adoption. The department of health and senior services, upon receipt of proof of adoption as required in subsection 7 of section 193.125, shall issue a birth certificate for the adopted child upon request on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar pursuant to section 193.125.
3. The adoptive parent or parents may petition the court pursuant to this section to request a change of name. The petition shall include a certified copy of the decree of adoption issued by the foreign country and documentation from the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services which shows the child lawfully entered the United States. The court shall recognize and give effect to the decree of the foreign country and grant a decree of recognition of the adoption and shall change the name of the adopted child to the name given by the adoptive parent, if such a request has been made.
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(L. 1945 p. 625 § 9616b, A.L. 1981 H.B. 433, A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1918 merged with S.B. 674, A.L. 2001 S.B. 236)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.315 - Order of protection, purpose of.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 1974
453.315. Order of protection, purpose of. —
The court may make an order of protection as a condition of any order made under this section. The order of protection may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior by a person or agency who is before the court, and the order may require any such person or agency to make periodic reports to the court containing such information as the court may prescribe.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 255 § 4, A.L. 1974 S.B. 576)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.350 - Higher education visit for certain foster children and youth in division of youth services program required — cost reimbursement, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
453.350. Higher education visit for certain foster children and youth in division of youth services program required — cost reimbursement, when. —
1. Beginning July 1, 2014, all Missouri foster children fifteen years of age or older shall receive a visit to a Missouri state university or a Missouri state community or technical college in the foster child's area or an armed services recruiter before the foster child may be adopted or otherwise terminated by foster care unless waived by the family support team. Such visit shall be in addition to any other services that older youth are usually provided and shall include the entry application process, financial support application and availability, career options with academic or technical training, a tour of the school, and other information and experience desired.
2. Beginning July 1, 2014, all youth fifteen years of age or older in the division of youth services program shall receive a visit to a Missouri state university or a Missouri state community or technical college in the youth's area or an armed services recruiter before the youth's custody or training is completed unless waived by the family support team. Such visit shall be in addition to any other services that older youth are usually provided and shall include the entry application process, financial support application and availability, career options with academic or technical training, a tour of the school, and other information and experience desired.
3. Agencies defined in subsection 4
*
of section 210.112 that are providing foster care case management services for foster children can document and, if requested, shall receive from the Missouri department of social services reimbursement for costs associated with meeting the requirements of this section.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 205)
*Statutory reference to subsection "2" changed to "4" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering within section 210.112 by both H.B. 1414 and S.B. 653, 2020.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.400 - Stepparent required to support stepchild — recovery from natural or adoptive parent, when — stepparent's income considered in aid to dependent children.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
453.400. Stepparent required to support stepchild — recovery from natural or adoptive parent, when — stepparent's income considered in aid to dependent children. —
1. A stepparent shall support his or her stepchild to the same extent that a natural or adoptive parent is required to support his or her child so long as the stepchild is living in the same home as the stepparent. However, nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating or in any way diminishing the duty a parent otherwise would have to provide child support, and no court shall consider the income of a stepparent, or the amount actually provided for a stepchild by a stepparent, in determining the amount of child support to be paid by a natural or adoptive parent.
2. A natural or adoptive parent shall be liable to a stepparent for the sum of money expended by a stepparent for the support of a stepchild when that sum of money was expended because of the neglect or refusal of the natural or adoptive parent to pay any part of or all of the court-ordered amount of support.
3. This section shall not abrogate or diminish the common law right which a stepparent may possess to recover from a natural or adoptive parent the expense of providing necessaries for a stepchild in the absence of a court order for child support determining the amount of support to be paid by a natural or adoptive parent.
4. This section shall not be construed as granting to a stepparent any right to the care and custody of a stepchild or as granting a stepchild any right to inherit from a stepparent under the general statutory laws governing descent and distribution.
5. This section shall apply without regard to whether public assistance is being provided on behalf of the stepchild or stepchildren in question.
6. This section shall be construed to apply only to support obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1977, notwithstanding that a marriage giving rise to the support obligation occurred prior to July 1, 1977.
7. With respect to section 208.040, this section shall not be construed to render a child ineligible for public assistance on the basis of the child's not being deprived of parental support, but it shall be construed to permit the inclusion of the income of a stepparent in the determination of eligibility for benefits and in the determination of the amount of the assistance payment.
8. In the determination of eligibility for benefits and in the determination of the amount of the assistance payment under section 208.150, that portion of the stepparent's income, as defined by the family support division in the administration of aid to families with dependent children, shall be considered.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 601 § 3, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1462, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.503 - State may withdraw from compact, how.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
Effective - 28 Aug 1985
453.503. State may withdraw from compact, how. —
The state of Missouri shall reserve the right to withdraw from the interstate assistance compact by a law requiring such withdrawal.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al. § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 453 - Adoption and Foster Care › Section 453.600 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
453.600. Fund created, use of moneys. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund" which shall consist of all gifts, donations, transfers, and moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and bequests to the fund. The fund shall maintain no more than the total of the last two years of funding or a minimum of three hundred thousand dollars, whichever is greater. The fund shall be administered by the Missouri state foster care and adoption board created in section 210.617.
2. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
3. Upon appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be used to grant awards to licensed community-based foster care and adoption recruitment programs. The board shall establish guidelines for disbursement of the fund to certain programs. Such programs shall include, but not be limited to, recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive families for children who:
(1) Have been in out-of-home placement for fifteen months or more;
(2) Are more than twelve years of age; or
(3) Are in sibling groups.
­­Moneys in the fund shall not be subject to appropriation for purposes other than those of evidence-based foster care and adoption programs as designated by the board.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 431 merged with H.B. 604, A.L. 2018 S.B. 843)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.390 - Enforcing a support order from another state, response to a request, contents of the request.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
454.390. Enforcing a support order from another state, response to a request, contents of the request. —
The division shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used in intrastate cases, in response to a request made by another state child support agency to enforce a support order and promptly report the results to the requesting state. If the division provides assistance to another state in such a case, neither this state nor the requesting state shall consider the case to be transferred to its caseload, but the division may establish a corresponding case based on such other state's request for assistance. The division shall maintain records of the number of such interstate requests for assistance, the number of cases for which support was collected and the amounts of such collections. The division is authorized to transmit to another state, by electronic or other means, a request for assistance in a case involving the enforcement of a support order. Such request shall:
(1) Include information to enable the receiving state to compare the information about the case to the information in state databases; and
(2) Constitute a certification by the division of the arrearage amount under the order and that the division has complied with all applicable procedural due process requirements as provided for in this chapter.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910, A.L. 2007 S.B. 25)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.395 - Forms for income withholding, liens and subpoenas.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
454.395. Forms for income withholding, liens and subpoenas. —
When prescribed by the federal government, the division shall use the forms promulgated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 652(a)(11) for income withholding, imposition of liens and issuance of administrative subpoenas in interstate child support cases. Such forms, when received from the child support agency of another state, shall be enforceable as if issued by the division and shall be recognized as valid by any court, state agency, or officer or employee of the state or political subdivision of the state.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361)
Effective 7-01-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.401 - Power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel witnesses and produce documents.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
454.401. Power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel witnesses and produce documents. —
1. In all actions relating to the establishment of paternity, or to the establishment, modification or enforcement of a support order instituted pursuant to this chapter or upon request of a IV-D agency of another state, the director of the division shall have the power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel witnesses and to require the production of books, accounts, documents and evidence.
2. If a person refuses to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, the director may request the circuit court to issue an order requiring the person to appear before the director or the director's designee to produce such subpoenaed documentary evidence or give testimony. The court may issue an order which justice requires to protect such a person from undue annoyance, embarrassment, expense or oppression. If such person fails to comply with such an order, the court may find such person to be in contempt of court.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361)
Effective 7-01-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.402 - Equipment purchased by county for support enforcement to be property of county.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
454.402. Equipment purchased by county for support enforcement to be property of county. —
The provisions of law, rule or regulation notwithstanding, any equipment purchased by a county of this state for child support enforcement purposes shall be the property of the county and not the state.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1479 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.403 - Social Security number required on all license, permit or certificate applications.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
454.403. Social Security number required on all license, permit or certificate applications. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, applicants for a professional, occupational or recreational license not coming under the purview of the division of professional registration shall be required by the appropriate licensing authority to provide the applicant's Social Security number on any application for a license, permit or certificate, or any renewal of a license, permit or certificate. The family support division is authorized to coordinate with and assist with such licensing authorities to develop procedures to implement this requirement.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.408 - Duties of the family support division.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
454.408. Duties of the family support division. —
The family support division:
(1) Shall determine whether a person who has applied for or is receiving assistance from a program funded pursuant to Part A or Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Title XIX of the Social Security Act or the Food Stamp Act is cooperating in good faith with the division in establishing the paternity of, or in establishing, modifying or enforcing a support order for any child of such person by providing the division with the name of the noncustodial parent or any other information the division may require. The division may, by regulation, excuse compliance with the provisions of this subsection on a case-by-case basis for good cause or other exceptions as the division may deem to be in the best interest of the child;
(2) Shall require as a condition of cooperation that such person supply additional information deemed necessary by the division and appear at any interviews, hearings or legal proceedings;
(3) Shall require as a condition of cooperation that such person and such person's child submit to genetic testing pursuant to a judicial or administrative order;
(4) May request that such person sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, after notice of the rights and consequences of such an acknowledgment, but may not require such person to sign an acknowledgment or otherwise relinquish the right to a genetic test as a condition of cooperation and eligibility for assistance from a state program funded pursuant to Part A or Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, Title XIX of the Social Security Act or the Food Stamp Act; and
(5) Shall promptly notify such person, the family support division, or the MO HealthNet division of every determination made pursuant to this section, including a determination that such person is not cooperative and the basis for such determination.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.410 - Assignment of support rights, obligation to state, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
454.410. Assignment of support rights, obligation to state, when. —
Support rights assigned to the state shall constitute an obligation owed to the state by the person responsible for providing such support and the obligation shall be collectible pursuant to all legal processes.
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(L. 1982 S.B. 468 § 3, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1479, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361)
Effective 7-01-97
CROSS REFERENCE:
Lottery winnings subject to delinquent child support payments, 313.321
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.412 - State case registry established, records kept.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
454.412. State case registry established, records kept. —
1. The division shall establish a "State Case Registry" which shall contain records of:
(1) Each case in which services are provided by the division pursuant to this chapter; and
(2) Each support order established or modified in the state on or after October 1, 1998.
2. The records in the state case registry shall use standardized data elements for both parents, including, but not limited to, the names, Social Security numbers, other uniform identification numbers, dates of birth, case identification numbers and any other information as required by federal statutes and regulations.
3. The clerk of the circuit court shall be responsible for providing the division with data elements for each support order established or modified by the circuit court on or after October 1, 1998. The data shall be provided in a format established by the division and may be furnished electronically.
4. Information in the state case registry shall be furnished to the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders established as provided for by 42 U.S.C. section 654A, and other federal and state agencies pursuant to federal statutes and regulations.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361)
Effective 7-01-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.413 - Filing with the state case registry, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
454.413. Filing with the state case registry, when. —
1. Each party to a paternity or child support proceeding establishing, modifying or enforcing a support order pursuant to chapter 210, chapter 211, chapter 452, or this chapter, shall file with the state case registry upon entry of an order, information on the location and identity of such party including the party's Social Security number, residential address, mailing address, telephone number, driver's license number and the name, address and telephone number of the party's employer. If such information changes, such party shall provide the new information to the state case registry within thirty days of any such change.
2. In any subsequent child support enforcement action between the parties, the court or division shall deem that the due process requirements for notice and service of process are met with respect to such party upon a sufficient showing that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of a party including written notice by certified mail to the last known address of the party and attempted service by publication, and written notice has been delivered to the most recent residential or employer address of such party filed with the state case registry.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law › Section 454.420 - Legal actions to establish or enforce support obligations, brought, by whom, procedure — assignment to division terminates, when, effect — money collected, where deposited.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 454
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
454.420. Legal actions to establish or enforce support obligations, brought, by whom, procedure — assignment to division terminates, when, effect — money collected, where deposited. —
Any legal action necessary to establish or enforce support obligations owed to the state shall be brought by prosecuting attorneys, or other attorneys under cooperative agreement with the family support division, upon being furnished notice by the division of such obligation. If the amount of the support obligation owed to the state has not been determined because no court order exists, the family support division may refer the case to the appropriate prosecuting attorney, or other attorney under cooperative agreement with the division, for establishment and enforcement of a support order or order for reimbursement. When a recipient is no longer eligible for aid to families with dependent children benefits, the assignment shall terminate, unless the recipient and the family support division agree otherwise, except for those unpaid support obligations still owing to the state under the assignment at the time of the discontinuance of aid. Upon referral from the family support division, such unpaid obligations shall be collected by the prosecuting attorney, or other attorney under cooperative agreement with the division, up to the amount of unreimbursed aid paid by the family support division prior to or after execution of the assignment of support rights. Moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the department of social services for deposit in the child support enforcement fund in the state treasury.
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(L. 1982 S.B. 468 § 5, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1479, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)