Section 25.47 Jurisdiction to Modify When No State Has Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

D. (§25.47) Jurisdiction to Modify When No State Has Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction

When all of the individual parties reside in the same state and there is no state with CEJ, a party may register the order in the state where the parties reside and seek modification. Section 454.978(a), RSMo Supp. 2011.

When the individual parties reside in different states and there is no state with CEJ, a party may register the order and seek modification only in the state of the respondent party. Section 454.973(a)...