454.435. Prosecuting attorneys, cooperative or multiple county agreement, duties--other attorneys may prosecute, when. - Missouri Statutes

Prosecuting attorneys, cooperative or multiple county agreement,duties--other attorneys may prosecute, when.

454.435. 1. Each prosecuting attorney may enter into acooperative agreement or may enter into a multiple countyagreement to litigate or prosecute any action necessary to securesupport for any person referred to such office by the division ofchild support enforcement including, but not limited to,reciprocal actions under this chapter, actions to establish,modify and enforce support obligations, actions to enforcemedical support obligations ordered in conjunction with a childsupport obligation, actions to obtain reimbursement for the costof medical care provided by the state for which an obligor isliable under subsection 9 of section 208.215, RSMo, and actionsto establish the paternity of a child for whom support is sought.In all cases where a prosecuting attorney seeks the establishmentor modification of a support obligation, the prosecuting attorneyshall, in addition to periodic monetary support, seek and enforceorders from the court directing the obligated parent to maintainmedical insurance on behalf of the child for whom support issought, which insurance shall, in the opinion of the court, besufficient to provide adequate medical coverage; or to otherwiseprovide for such child's necessary medical expenses.

2. In all cases where a prosecuting attorney has enteredinto a cooperative agreement to litigate or prosecute an actionnecessary to secure child support, and an information is notfiled or civil action commenced within sixty days of the receiptof the referral from the division, the division may demand returnof the referral and the case filed and the prosecuting attorneyshall return the referral and the case file. The division maythen use any other attorney which it employs or with whom it hasa cooperative agreement to establish or enforce the supportobligation.

3. As used in this section, the term "prosecuting attorney"means, with reference to any city not within a county, thecircuit attorney.

4. Prosecuting attorneys are hereby authorized to initiatejudicial or administrative modification proceedings on IV-D casesat the request of the division.

(L. 1982 S.B. 468 § 8, A.L. 1984 S.B. 675, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1479, A.L. 1987 H.B. 484 merged with S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 834)