MO HB2208

Requires documentation to verify income of parties for initial child support orders and modifications, including wage stubs, W-2 forms, employer statements, wage match records, and bank statements.

Allows courts to award no child support when both parents agree to joint physical custody with equal or substantially equal time-sharing and income difference is less than 25 percent, if in the child's best interest.

Permits up to 50 percent reduction below basic child support guidelines when parents do not agree but meet other joint custody requirements with substantially equal time-sharing.

Establishes automatic termination of child support obligation at age 21 if the child support order includes the child's date of birth and does not specifically extend support beyond that age.

Allows child support obligation to terminate automatically through sworn statements or affidavits from either parent documenting emancipation, without requiring court appearance or additional judicial process.