Section 25.40 Registration of Support Orders

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

C. (§25.40) Registration of Support Orders

An order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered for enforcement in the responding state. Section 454.948, RSMo Supp. 2011. A pleading is usually not required to initiate registration of an order for enforcement unless the law of the responding state requires that the enforcement remedy be specifically pled. Section 454.951(c), RSMo Supp. 2011. UIFSA requires that the following information be sent to the appropriate tribunal for registration of a support order or income-withholding order:

· A letter of transmittal

· Two copies, one certified, of all orders and modifications to be registered

· A sworn statement of arrearage

· The obligor’s name

Section 454.951(a)(1)–(4).

Additionally, the following...