Supreme Court upholds bond requirement in child support case
The Missouri Supreme Court spent an 18-page opinion weighing the constitutionality of a statute that requires parents delinquent on their child support to post a bond before trying to modify a child custody decree.
In the end, the high court ruled the statute is constitutional.
"The more we limit a judge's discretion to make decisions on a case by case basis, the bigger problems we create."
--Rep. Bryan Stevenson (pictured), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
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