{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1689","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1689","heading":"Initiation by governmental entity of support proceeding under convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this Article, sections 454.1680 to 454.1716, the family support division of this state shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 454.1701(b)(2), (4), or (9);\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["Title XXX - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 454 - Enforcement of Support Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=454.1689","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"2d979ea755a8d0f1b358e53d960384d0473cc6b9172d673f2afc76cfcb7963f8","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1686","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-454.1692"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}