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Missouri Child Support Modification: 20% change in support amount, overnight credits, bonus and interest income, income tax dependency.
April 5th, 2013
Recent Case: JK v. JK WD74592 Father appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cole County granting Mother’s motion to modify child support. In its judgment, the circuit court found that a substantial and continuing change in circumst…
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Setting aside of default judgment appropriate when good cause shown and meritorious defense; Ability to pay supports award of attorney's fees
December 15th, 2012
Recent Case: JT Appellant vs. AT, Respondent Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District – ED97995 Father appeals from the trial court’s judgment of November 8, 2011, dissolving his marriage with Mother and entering a child custody and su…
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Failure to comply with statutory documentation requirement ends support of child in college
July 30th, 2012
Recent case: CB v. DB Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD74067 Father requested information concerning Daughter’s college education, and received limited information through the child-support agencies which served as intermediari…
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Child support judgment not subject to collateral attack in later proceeding; Court of Appeals can amend child support judgment based on judicial admission.
May 19th, 2012
Recent Case: TLD v. JRD Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD73385 Mother appeals from the trial court’s amended judgment order of modification retroactively modifying Father’s child support obligation and ordering Mother to…
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Awarding Tax Dependency Credit To Non Custodial Parent Not Prejudicial When Custodial Parent Has No Income
April 7th, 2012
New Case Law: CB v. DB Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District – SD31614 Notwithstanding the fact that the Missouri case law generally states that tax benefits must go to the custodial spouse unless the trial court expressly finds it unjus…
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Categories: Child Support, Divorce, Financial Issues, Legal Separation, Military Divorce, Modifications, Paternity
Missouri Supreme Court Increases Maximum Child Support Overnight Credit
January 24th, 2012
The Missouri Supreme Court has recently issued an order that, effective, January 1, 2012, increases the maximum allowable Form 14 child support overnight credit to 50%. Specifically, on the Form 14, which is Missouri’s child support calculation…
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Courts Bulletin: Recent developments in Missouri Family Law
November 28th, 2011
Administrative child support orders are available for the support of all eligible children, including children of citizens of other countries. Lajeunesse v. State of Missouri Department of Social Services, No. 73477 (Mo. App. W.D., October 4, 2011),…
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Case Law Update: No Prejudice from Deficient Relocation Notice
November 14th, 2011
Missouri statute requires that a parent relocating with a child give notice to the other parent. Receipt of notice starts the 30 day time limit to file a motion to bar the relocation. A deficient notice does not, alone, provide grounds to modify cust…
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Recent case: Forum under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and in personam jurisdiction
August 29th, 2011
www.courts.mo.gov/file.jspMissouri Constitution provides subject matter jurisdiction of circuit courts. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act provides comity among states and determines which state is the most appropriate forum for seeking remed…
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Order Requiring Parents to Share in Unlimited Expenses is Unenforcable
March 20th, 2011
A dispute that Missouri family law attorneys see on a regular basis is the sharing of children’s extracurricular activity expenses. Under Missouri law, the Court can require parents to share certain expenses, over and above the monthly child suppor…
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