Section 28.24 Pendente Lite Orders

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C. (§28.24) Pendente Lite Orders

In Landoll ex rel. Landoll v. Dovell, 752 S.W.2d 323 (Mo. banc 1988), the Supreme Court of Missouri held that there can be no order of child support PDL (pendente lite) in a paternity action until there is a final determination of paternity. The Court pointed out that there was no statutory authority for a PDL order in a paternity case because there was no dissolution of marriage proceeding under Chapter 452, RSMo. More significantly, the Supreme Court noted that, in a dissolution of marriage proceeding, the paternity of...