In Missouri, a Court may order child support to be paid by one parent to another in divorce cases, legal separation cases, child custody cases and child support cases.  (Under certain circumstances, a court may also order temporary support in an Order of Protection case.
Depending on the specific facts of the case, a court may order either or both parents to ...
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Missouri is a no-fault state. It is not necessary to show that either one of the parties was at fault. The statutory basis for a divorce in Missouri is that there is no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved and, therefore, the marriage is irretrievably broken.