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A civil contempt order is another means for the court to enforce a child support order. The court may order a parent sent to jail due to his or her failure to pay ordered child support.
The failure of a parent to support a minor child that the parent is legally obligated to support is a crime in the State of Missouri. Nonsupport may be charged as a felony if the obligated parent fails to pay six months within a twelve-month period or has accumulated an arrearage in excess of five thousand dollars.
The new custody law in Missouri sets forth a rebuttable presumption that an award of equal, or nearly equal, parenting time is in the best interests of the child.
The failure of a parent to support a minor child that the parent is legally obligated to support is a crime in the State of Missouri. Nonsupport may be charged as a felony if the obligated parent fails to pay six months within a twelve-month period or has accumulated an arrearage in excess of five thousand dollars.
Child support is for food, housing, clothing, transportation, and health care. Sometimes, the non-custodial parent will be required to pay for daycare, extracurricular activities, and private school expenses.
(a) Abandonment: the parent left the child without support, communication with the parent, and/or failed to visit the child. The petition requires at least a six month period of abandonment. There must be evidence to show the same conditions that led to the removal are still present.
In Missouri under present law, child support continues past high school until the age of 21, as long as the child attends college or a vocational school. Parents can also be obligated to pay college expenses until the age of 21.
"In Missouri if a parent left a child or children without financial support, or did not communicate with the other parent, and/or did not to visit the child/children for six months or more, the parent who has been caring for the child or children may file a petition requesting the absent parent have their parental ...