MissouriCourts would stop ordering child expense payments between equal-time parents
If adopted, the proposal would bar courts from ordering one parent to pay the other for the child's reasonable or necessary expenses when they award equal time.
What it does
When a court awards each parent equal time with their child, it would not order one parent to pay the other for the child's reasonable or necessary expenses.
Argument forParents awarded equal time could avoid court-ordered payments to each other for their child's reasonable or necessary expenses.
Argument againstA parent with fewer resources might get less help covering the child's reasonable or necessary expenses when equal time rules out payments from the other parent.
More detail
A court would not order one parent to pay the other for the child's reasonable or necessary expenses. This applies when the court awards each parent equal periods of time with the child.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 15Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Latest
- Jan 8Read Second Time (H)Minor
- Jan 7Read First Time (H)
- 2025
- Dec 1Prefiled (H)Introduced