FAMILY LAW

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
FAMILY LAW

: Allows covenant marriages in Missouri.

: Revises the statutes relating to child custody and visitation when a parent is a sexual offender.

: Prohibits the disclosure of Social Security numbers on child support checks, correspondence, and documents.

: Removes the cap on the special needs adoption tax credit and changes the administration of the tax credit to the Children's Division within the Department of Social Services.

: Allows alimony and maintenance to be terminated based on cohabitation and repeals a statute requiring divorce cases to be heard by circuit judges, unless they are assigned to an associate circuit judge.

: Revises the statutes relating to tax credits for the adoption of special needs children.

: Transfers the duties of the abolished Division of Child Support Enforcement to the Department of Public Safety.

: Modifies various statutes relating to domestic violence and limits the possession of firearms by persons who are subject to an order of protection.

: Requires courts to notify state agencies and licensing boards of any individual who owes child support arrearages in excess of $5,000.

: Makes the filing of parenting plans in child visitation, custody, or support cases optional when the child is over the age of 18.

: Allows the court to issue direct payment orders to parties in child custody or dissolution proceedings for the payment of guardian ad litem fees.

: Prohibits a parent who is residing with a person convicted of certain sex crimes or crimes against children from being granted custody or unsupervised visitation.

: Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding the state foster care system.

: Revises the Adoption Awareness Law by allowing the establishment of an advertising campaign to recruit adoptive and foster parents.

: Creates a form for all verified pleadings under Chapter 452, RSMo.

: Modifies the requirements for granting grandparent visitation.

: Establishes the Child Support Insurance Act.

: Revises the statutes relating to dissolution of marriage and child support.

: Increases the surcharges on civil actions and fees on marriage licenses to provide funding for certain homeless shelters.

: Prohibits a state agency or child-placing agency from placing a child with a person who is in a sexual relationship with someone other than a spouse.

: Revises the statutes relating to the award of child custody and modification of custody orders.

: Revises the statutes relating to jurisdiction over full orders of protection and the definition of "stalking" for purposes of adult and child orders of protection.

: Revises the list of factors to be considered when determining child support obligations.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.

: Child Support.

: Amends the putative father registry.

: Allows guardian ad litems to receive fees for adoption proceedings.

: Modifies provisions relating to homeless youth and qualified minors.

: Establishes the "Child Support Insurance Act".

: Permits a mother to sign an identification of presumptive father form to state who she believes is the father of her child.

: Amends the Constitution to state that only marriages between a man and a women will be valid and recognized in Missouri.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 7, 2004 at 11:10 am