State Ex Rel. Hilburn v. Staeden

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Chief Justice.

The Attorney General, as intervenor, appeals a judgment of the circuit court setting aside a “Judgment and Order” for child support entered by an administrative hearing officer of the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE). The circuit court, relying on Slay v. Slay, 965 S.W.2d 845 (Mo. banc 1998), and Fowler v. Fowler, 984 S.W.2d 508 (Mo. banc 1999), held that section 454.490, RSMo 2000, 1 is unconstitutional because it allows such administrative orders to be entered with “all the force, effect, and attributes of a docketed order or decree of the…