MO HB1038

Amends Missouri law to require the obligated parent or party holding support rights to file a responsive pleading in response to a motion to modify child support obligations

Mandates that any responsive pleading raising custody or visitation issues in response to a family support division child support modification motion must be severed upon request

Applies to both court-based child support modification proceedings (Section 452.370) and administrative proceedings through the family support division (Section 454.500)

Allows the director to enter a default order if the served party fails to respond within 30 days in administrative modification proceedings