Section 25.17 Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

C. (§25.17) Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Unlike URESA (Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act), §§ 454.010–454.360, RSMo (repealed in 2010), UIFSA prohibits recognizing multiple family support orders. To achieve this result, § 454.867, RSMo Supp. 2011, incorporates what has become known as CEJ (continuing, exclusive jurisdiction). As a UIFSA provision, CEJ imposes a statutory limitation on a court’s authority to act; it is not the...