HB 2434 -- Child Support Orders

Sponsor:  Lembke

This bill changes the laws regarding child support orders and
requires documentation to verify the income of the parties for
the initial order of child support and for any modification of
the order.  Documentation includes, but is not limited to,
current wage stubs, a current W-2 form, statements from a party's
employer, a wage match with the Division of Employment Security
within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and bank
statements.  No child support will be awarded when the court
orders joint physical custody and the difference in the verified
incomes of the parents is less than 25%.  Any party submitting
false documentation of income will be liable for the support that
would have been awarded under the guidelines plus an additional
25%.

The court is required to follow the Missouri Supreme Court's
child support award guidelines without deviation.  In any appeal
from an order of child support, the State of Missouri will be
designated as a party of interest and the Office of the Attorney
General will be the legal counsel responsible for arguing in
support of the lower court's award of child support.

The court is required to make all appointments of guardians ad
litem subject on a rotation basis without preference.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm