A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in sections 454.1632 through 454.1653 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1656
Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 454–454 (177 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 2011; (L. 2011 H.B. 260)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.