454.180. Duty of court and officials of this state as responding state. - Missouri Statutes

Duty of court and officials of this state as responding state.

454.180. 1. After the court of this state acting as aresponding state has received from the court of the initiatingstate the aforesaid copies the clerk of the court shall docketthe cause and notify the prosecuting attorney of his action.

2. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorneydiligently to prosecute the case. He shall take all actionnecessary in accordance with the laws of this state to give thecourt jurisdiction of the defendant or his property and shallrequest the court to set a time and place for a hearing.

(L. 1959 S.B. 118)

(1956) Where Florida divorce decree referred to and approved agreement fixing duty of support of children and ordered parties to carry out its terms, it constituted a valid judgment imposing a duty of support enforceable under this law. State ex rel. Whatley v. Mueller (A.), 288 S.W.2d 405.

(1956) Where divorce decree in this state required defendant husband to make payments for support of his minor children, the jurisdiction of divorce court over such children was continuous and exclusive, so that another circuit court in this state could not acquire jurisdiction of support proceeding under this law. Welch v. McIntosh (A.), 290 S.W.2d 181.

(1958) Cross bill for divorce cannot be entertained as defense under chapter 454, RSMo. State ex rel. Schwartz v. Buder (A.), 315 S.W.2d 867.