How does Missouri Child Support Work?
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Missouri Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections
While the noncustodial parent must consider any form of their income as being subject to child support garnishment, Missouri law allows for some of this income to fall within garnishment exemptions. Further, Missouri garnishment law is more protective of the noncustodial parent’s income than is federal law and the laws of many other states. Even when the noncustodial parent is served with multiple withholding orders, or support orders from states with higher garnishment limits, Missouri garnishment limits still apply.
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While employers are responsible for enforcing Missouri child support garnishment, they are not expected to do so without compensation. Missouri wage garnishment law allows the employer to charge the noncustodial parent a small fee for the extra work associated with enforcing child support collections. Further, because an employer is bound by law to enforce a support order, it is important that they contact the Missouri office of child support upon termination or retirement of the employee. Penalties for noncompliance with child support collections are harsh, and the employer should avoid failure to enforce at all costs.
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Generally, a Missouri wage garnishment order is assigned to a noncustodial parent following the conclusion of child custody proceedings. This order for child support is binding on the noncustodial parent, as well as on the noncustodial parent’s employer. In Missouri, as in other states, that employer is responsible for enforcing child support collection; an employer served with an order of support enforces the order by deducting for wage garnishment until the termination of the order.
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