454.355. Provisions of law applicable, when--court has duties of a responding state, when. - Missouri Statutes

Provisions of law applicable, when--court has duties of a respondingstate, when.

454.355. The provisions contained in sections 454.010 to454.360 apply if both the obligee and the obligor are in thisstate but in different counties, or if both the obligor andobligee are residents of the same county. If the court of thecounty in which the petition is filed finds that the petitionsets forth facts from which it may be determined that the obligorowes a duty of support and finds that a court of another countyin this state may obtain jurisdiction over the obligor or hisproperty, the clerk of the court shall send the petition and acertification of the findings to the court of the county in whichthe obligor or his property is found. The clerk of the court ofthe county receiving these documents shall notify the prosecutingattorney of their receipt. The prosecuting attorney and thecourt in the county to which the copies are forwarded shall thenhave duties corresponding to those imposed upon them when actingfor this state as a responding state, including, but not limitedto, the registration of an order for support entered by anothercourt within this state. Such a registered order shall have thesame effect and may be enforced as if originally entered by thecourt of the responding county.

(L. 1982 S.B. 468)