Introduced

SB 739 - This act grants the authority to administrative hearing officers from the Department of Social Services to set aside or correct administrative child support decisions or orders and proposed administrative modifications of a judicial order. Such authority to set aside or correct decisions, orders or modifications must be done after written notice and an opportunity to respond to all parties. The act specifies the conditions and time frame under which the corrections can be made due to oversights and omissions or errors arising from mistake, fraud, surprise, misrepresentation, excusable neglect or inadvertence.

In cases of lack of jurisdiction, the hearing officer may, after notice to the parties, on his or her own initiative or upon the motion of any party or the Family Support Division, vacate the administrative order or proposed administrative modification of a judicial order if it is found the order, decision or modification was without subject matter or personal jurisdiction or due process and the order, decision or modification had not been filed with the court. No order, decision or modification may be vacated after 90 days from the mailing of the administrative decision, order, or proposed modification of a judicial order.

This act also specifies however, that no corrections shall be made during the court's review of the applicable administrative decision, order or proposed order as authorized under the judicial review procedures for such administrative decisions under Chapter 536, RSMo.

ADRIANE CROUSE


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