Bill > SB129

This bill modifies provisions relating to child custody and child support enforcement. Key provisions include: - Establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal or approximately equal parenting time with each parent is in the best interest of the child, unless rebutted by evidence. - Expands the list of factors the court must consider when determining child custody arrangements, including the parents' willingness to cooperate, minimize conflict, and share information. - Prohibits the court from awarding custody or unsupervised visitation to a parent convicted of certain felony offenses against a child. - Requires the court to make specific written findings when rejecting a proposed custodial arrangement. - Allows the court to order a parent who refuses to share information about the child to pay the other parent's costs for obtaining that information. - Modifies the child support enforcement provisions, including requiring the court to consider the obligor's ability to pay and good cause for nonpayment before ordering license suspension.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Justice

https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44635