Binns v. Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement

CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, Judge.

Linda S. Binns (“mother”) and the Division of Child Support Enforcement (“DCSE”) appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County reversing DCSE’s decision ordering Michael J. Binns (“father”) to pay child support. Mother argues that the trial court erred in holding that DCSE’s decision was void because DCSE had jurisdiction to order child support. DCSE argues that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal from DCSE’s decision because father’s petition for review was not timely. We affirm.

The marriage of mother and father was…