Missouri · 2026

HB 2042

Provides that the court shall not order a parent to pay child support to the other parent for reasonable or necessary expenses of the child if the parents are awarded equal time with the child

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Summary AI-generated

Missouri HB 2042 proposes that courts shall not order a parent to pay child support to the other parent for reasonable or necessary expenses of the child if the parents are awarded equal time with the child.

Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Issue tags AI-classified

Social Services & Welfare 95% Other 60%

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Sponsors + 1 cosponsors

Marlene Terry Democratic lead
Mike Costlow Republican