{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1566","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1566","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728.\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall:\n(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 454.1602.\n(f) Sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 do not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["Title XXX - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=454.1566","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"87cc1bafabeb8b760416a3d4b52770c40e6308ecfde4c90eed5bda77e036135c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1563","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1569"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}