Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Section 454.1605 - Establishment of support order(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:(1) a presumed father of the child;(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;(6) an acknowledged father as provided under section 210.823;(7) the mother of the child; or(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 454.1560.