454.140. Duty of court of this state as initiating state. - Missouri Statutes

Duty of court of this state as initiating state.

454.140. If the court of this state acting as an initiatingstate finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it maybe determined that the defendant owes a duty of support and thata court of the responding state may obtain jurisdiction of thedefendant or his property, it shall so certify and shall causethree copies of (1) the petition, (2) its certificate and (3)sections 454.010 to 454.360 to be transmitted to the court in theresponding state. If the name and address of such court isunknown and the responding state has an information agencycomparable to that established in the initiating state it shallcause such copies to be transmitted to the state informationagency or other proper official of the responding state, with arequest that it forward them to the proper court, and that thecourt of the responding state acknowledge their receipt to thecourt of the initiating state.

(L. 1959 S.B. 118)