Section 25.16 Personal (Long-Arm) Jurisdiction
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B. (§25.16) Personal (Long-Arm) Jurisdiction
A Missouri tribunal must have personal jurisdiction over the person of the obligor to adjudicate personal liability for support. In re Marriage of Berry, 155 S.W.3d 838, 840–41 (Mo. App. S.D. 2005). The provisions for acquiring personal jurisdiction in cases involving UIFSA are set out in §§ 454.857, 454.860, and 454.867, RSMo Supp. 2011. These long-arm jurisdictional provisions maximize a tribunal’s power over nonresidents without violating the Constitution. See Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal. In & for City & Cnty. of San Francisco, 436 U.S. 84 (1978). In UIFSA cases, a Missouri tribunal, which may be a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity, see §§ 454.850 and 454.853, RSMo Supp. 2011, may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in an action to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage. Section 454.857. A Missouri tribunal may...
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- Section 25.1 Legislative History Overview
- Section 25.2 Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) and Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA), §§ 454.010–454.360, RSMo (Repealed 2010)
- Section 25.3 Federal Legislation: Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act of 1994 and Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- Section 25.4 Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act of 1994 (FFCCSOA), 28 U.S.C. § 1738B
- Section 25.5 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Pub. L. No. 104-193, 11 Stat. 2105
- Section 25.6 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: 1992 and 1996 Versions, §§ 454.850–454.999, RSMo Supp. 2011 (Amended 2011)
- Section 25.7 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: 2001 Version
- Section 25.8 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: 2008 Version
- Section 25.9 Resources
- Section 25.10 Effective Date
- Section 25.11 Cumulative Remedies
- Section 25.12 Duty of Support and Type of Orders That May Be Established
- Section 25.13 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act Players Defined
- Section 25.14 Six-Month Residency Requirement
- Section 25.15 Concepts of Jurisdiction and Limitations
- Section 25.16 Personal (Long-Arm) Jurisdiction
- Section 25.17 Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Section 25.18 Child Support Orders
- Section 25.19 Temporary Support Orders
- Section 25.20 Determination of Controlling Child Support Order
- Section 25.21 Spousal Support Orders
- Section 25.22 Simultaneous Proceedings
- Section 25.23 Direct Filing
- Section 25.24 Pleadings
- Section 25.25 Nonparentage
- Section 25.26 Representation
- Section 25.27 Limited Immunity of Petitioner
- Section 25.28 Evidentiary and Discovery Issues
- Section 25.29 Duties of Initiating Tribunal
- Section 25.30 Inappropriate Tribunal
- Section 25.31 Fees
- Section 25.32 Powers
- Section 25.33 Notice Requirements
- Section 25.34 Duty of Support Enforcement Agency
- Section 25.35 Support Orders
- Section 25.36 Paternity
- Section 25.37 Enforcement
- Section 25.38 Direct Enforcement Through Income-Withholding Order
- Section 25.39 Administrative Enforcement Without Registration
- Section 25.40 Registration of Support Orders
- Section 25.41 Challenge by Obligor of Income Withholding Sent Directly to Employer
- Section 25.42 Contest to Registration
- Section 25.43 Confirmation of Registered Order
- Section 25.44 Registration of Child Support Order for Modification
- Section 25.45 Jurisdiction to Modify When One State Has Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
- Section 25.46 Jurisdiction to Modify When More Than One State Has Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
- Section 25.47 Jurisdiction to Modify When No State Has Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
- Section 25.48 Choice of Law in Hearing on Modification Request
- Section 25.49 Effect and Recognition of Modification
- Section 25.50 Extradition
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