If the answer or motion is filed within the time so limited, the cause shall proceed as it would have done had the defendant appeared to the summons and filed his answer or motion to the petition; if not, the judgment shall be made absolute.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.220
If answer or motion filed, cause to proceed
Known as the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act
The act spans §§ 511–511 (82 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1949; (RSMo 1939 § 1252, A. 1949 H.B. 2119); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1086; 1919 § 1537; 1909 § 2106
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.