454.150. An initiating court shall not require the payment of either a filing fee or other costs from the obligee, but may request the responding court to collect fees and costs from the obligor. A responding court shall not require the payment of a filing fee or other costs from the obligee, but it may direct that all fees and costs requested by the initiating court and incurred in this state when acting as a responding state be paid in whole or in part by the obligor or by the appropriate county of the initiating state. These costs or fees do not have priority over amounts due to the obligee.
(L. 1959 S.B. 118, A.L. 1982 S.B. 468, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)Effective 7-1-97
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