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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 455

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 455

Abuse — Adults and Children — Shelters and Protective Orders

455.003Rape crisis centers, confidentiality of information — employee competency to testify — rape crisis center defined 455.004Juvenile court records, confidentiality, when 455.005Social Security number of respondent included in full orders of protection 455.007Mootness doctrine, public interest exception to apply upon expiration of the order 455.010Definitions 455.015Venue 455.020Relief may be sought — order of protection effective, where 455.025Duties of circuit clerks — rules, forms, instructions 455.027No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required 455.030Filings — certain information not required from petitioner, exception — supreme court shall provide for filing of petitions on holidays, evenings and weekends 455.032Protection order, restraining respondent from abuse if petitioner is permanently or temporarily in state — evidence admissible of prior abuse in or out of state 455.035Protection orders — ex parte 455.038Ex parte orders, notification — circuit clerks to provide information on 455.040Hearings, when — duration of orders, renewal, requirements — copies of orders to be given, validity — duties of law enforcement agency — information entered in MULES — objection, personally served 455.045Temporary relief available — ex parte orders 455.050Full or ex parte order of protection, abuse, stalking, or sexual assault, contents — relief available — court may order transfer billing responsibility of wireless telephone, when, procedure 455.055Assignment of wages 455.060Modification of orders, when — termination, when — appeal — custody of children, may not be changed, when 455.065Subsequent modification of orders 455.067Foreign order of protection to be given full faith and credit — registration of order, content, procedure 455.070Proceedings independent of others 455.073Supreme court to develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection, content — forms to be provided to each circuit clerk 455.075Attorney's fees, cost 455.080Law enforcement agencies response to alleged incidents of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — factors indicating need for immediate response — establishment of crisis team — transportation of abused party to medical treatment or shelter 455.083Law enforcement officer may rely on copy of protection order 455.085Arrest for violation of order — penalties — good faith immunity for law enforcement officials 455.090Jurisdiction, duration — enforceability of orders 455.095Electronic monitoring, when — requirements 455.200Definitions 455.205(Transferred 2000; now 488.445)Repealed 455.210Administration by designated authority, how established — powers — expense, limitation 455.215Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed — payments from fund made when 455.220Requirements for shelter to qualify for funds 455.225Shelter request exceeding funds, allocation priorities 455.230Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment center established by department 455.300Missouri domestic violence commission established — members, meetings, rules 455.305Domestic violence intervention/rehabilitation pilot projects — purpose, funding, rules 455.500Citation of law 455.501(Repealed L. 2011 S.B. 320 § A)Repealed 455.503Venue — petition, who may file 455.504Court clerks to furnish petitioners with uniform forms and information to litigants having no counsel on procedure, filing forms and pleadings — services of clerks and location of office to file petition to be posted — rules — no fees required — guardian ad litem or CASA to be provided copy of petition 455.505Relief may be sought for child for domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — order of protection effective, where 455.508(Repealed L. 2002 H.B. 1814 § A)Repealed 455.510Filings — information required from petitioner 455.513Ex parte orders, issued immediately, when — for good cause shown, defined — investigation by children's division, when — report due when, available to whom — transfer to juvenile court, when 455.516Hearings, when, procedure, standard of proof — duration of orders — videotaped testimony permitted — renewal of orders, when — service of respondent, failure to serve not to affect validity of order — notice to law enforcement agencies — service of process 455.520Temporary relief available — ex parte orders 455.523Full order of protection — relief available 455.524Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders 455.526Assignment of wages 455.528Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when 455.530Grounds for modification of orders 455.534Proceedings independent of others 455.536Costs of legal fees 455.538Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when 455.540(Repealed L. 2011 S.B. 320 § A)Repealed 455.543Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms 455.545Annual report by highway patrol 455.547Good faith immunity for reporters 455.549Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority 455.560Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report