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Missouri Automated Child Support System (MACSS) Automated Emancipation Program

Pursuant to statutory changes to 452.340 and 454.557 RSMo, beginning January 21, 2011, the Family Support Division (FSD) implemented changes to MACSS to end current child support obligations for children who turn age 21. FSD staff run programs to end all active accruing and non–accruing obligations on all open and closed cases and orders for children age 21 or older and the Never Emancipate field on DEPPD is set to “N." 

The following excel spreadsheets list cases affected by the automated obligation termination programs. The spreadsheets contain cases with an active withholding order (A "Y" appears in the "Wage Withholding Indicator" column of the spreadsheet). These are cases where at least one obligation was ended and an active judicial withholding order exists (there is an active wage withholding showing on the ENFAL screen).

Emancipation Files

2025

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

2024

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

	1) Check the CDLST screen to determine if payments currently are being received by the Family Support Payment Center (FSPC).
	If no payments currently are being received, no further action is required.
	If payments currently are being received, check to see if any payments are on hold (There is an "Y" in the COLLECTION HOLD or DISBURSEMENT HOLD fields on the CDLST screen). If payments have gone on hold, you will have to e-mail FRSNIVD@dss.mo.gov to request that FSD-CSE release the payments.
	2) If an obligation should not have been ended (e.g. the court order states that a child should never be emancipated):
	On SOBLE, remove the obligation end date for the child; and
	On DEPPD, enter the MM# or DCN of the child that the order states will never emancipate and press CTRL. The message,” Paternity Result Was Not Found” will appear in red at the bottom of the screen.
	Place an “A” on the command line and enter “P1R” (Presumed-Born of Marriage/300) in the PATERNITY STATUS field, “ESTA” (Established), the EST TRACKING CASE field, the child’s date of birth in the PATERNITY EST DATE field, “N” in the BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK (Y/N) field and a “Y” in the NEVER EMANCIPATE (Y/N) field and press CTRL.
	The message “Successfully added” will appear at the bottom of the screen. Proceed to step 7, "STEP 7: ADD SUPPORT ORDER AND OBLIGATION INFORMATION."
	3) If the obligation was correctly ended and there is no correct support due and no arrearages due, complete a Federal Withholding Form to terminate the withholding (see section 221.05, Enforcement Remedies of the Court Clerk Handbook for procedures and a copy of the form.)
	NOTE: We recommend terminating the withholding because MACSS will place all future payments received on the case on hold because there is no current support due and no arrearages. For additional information about holds, please see the CS Procedural Manual - FSD Child Support. Contact the Financial Resolution Section of FSD-CSE (FRSNIVD@dss.mo.gov) and FSD will return the payment to the person who paid the support. FSD will not release the collections to the custodial parent.
	Send the parties a copy of the Income Withholding for Support Form, Instructions & Sample.
	4) If there is a current obligation and/or there are arrearages showing in MACSS, do NOT revise the wage withholding as it is the parties' responsibility to notify your office when they believe the wage withholding should be revised.

Obligations Ended by MACSS (The "Reason Code" column states the obligation was ended)

• These obligations were ended by the automated termination programs. No further action is required.

If you have questions, please contact the Help Desk at (888) 541-4894 or osca.help.desk@courts.mo.gov.