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 Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS

 Chapter 455 Abuse — Adults and Children — Shelters and Protective Orders 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
455.003   Rape crisis centers, confidentiality of information — employee competency to testify — rape crisis center defined. (8/28/2007)
455.004   Juvenile court records, confidentiality, when. (8/28/2011)
455.005   Social Security number of respondent included in full orders of protection. (8/28/2000)
455.007   Mootness doctrine, public interest exception to apply upon expiration of the order. (8/28/2014)
ADULT ABUSE
455.010   Definitions. (8/28/2021)
455.015   Venue. (8/28/2013)
455.020   Relief may be sought — order of protection effective, where. (8/28/2015)
455.025   Duties of circuit clerks — rules, forms, instructions. (8/28/1989)
455.027   No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required. (8/28/2011)
455.030   Filings — certain information not required from petitioner, exception — supreme court shall provide for filing of petitions on holidays, evenings and weekends. (8/28/2013)
455.032   Protection order, restraining respondent from abuse if petitioner is permanently or temporarily in state — evidence admissible of prior abuse in or out of state. (8/28/2021)
455.035   Protection orders — ex parte. (8/28/2013)
455.038   Ex parte orders, notification — circuit clerks to provide information on. (8/28/2011)
455.040   Hearings, 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. (8/28/2021)
455.045   Temporary relief available — ex parte orders. (8/28/2021)
455.050   Full 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. (8/28/2021)
455.055   Assignment of wages. (8/28/1995)
455.060   Modification of orders, when — termination, when — appeal — custody of children, may not be changed, when. (8/28/2013)
455.065   Subsequent modification of orders. (8/28/1980)
455.067   Foreign order of protection to be given full faith and credit — registration of order, content, procedure. (8/28/2002)
455.070   Proceedings independent of others. (8/28/1980)
455.073   Supreme court to develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection, content — forms to be provided to each circuit clerk. (8/28/2022)
455.075   Attorney's fees, cost. (8/28/2022)
455.080   Law 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. (8/28/2015)
455.083   Law enforcement officer may rely on copy of protection order. (8/28/1999)
455.085   Arrest for violation of order — penalties — good faith immunity for law enforcement officials. (8/28/2022)
455.090   Jurisdiction, duration — enforceability of orders. (8/28/2004)
455.095   Electronic monitoring, when — requirements — expiration date. (8/28/2018)
SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (COUNTIES AND CITY OF ST. LOUIS)

Funding, additional court costs all cities and counties having or using shelters for victims of domestic violence, exceptions, 488.607

Funding, services to victim fund, director of public safety may distribute funds from, 595.105

455.200   Definitions. (8/28/2011)
455.210   Administration by designated authority, how established — powers — expense, limitation. (8/28/1982)
455.215   Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed — payments from fund made when. (8/28/1982)
455.220   Requirements for shelter to qualify for funds. (8/28/2000)
455.225   Shelter request exceeding funds, allocation priorities. (8/28/1982)
455.230   Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment center established by department. (8/28/2000)
455.300   Missouri domestic violence commission established — members, meetings, rules. (8/28/2000)
455.305   Domestic violence intervention/rehabilitation pilot projects — purpose, funding, rules. (8/28/2000)
CHILD PROTECTION ORDERS
455.500   Citation of law. (8/28/1987)
455.503   Venue — petition, who may file. (8/28/2015)
455.504   Court 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. (8/28/2003)
455.505   Relief may be sought for child for domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — order of protection effective, where. (8/28/2015)
455.510   Filings — information required from petitioner. (5/15/1996)
455.513   Ex 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. (8/28/2021)
455.516   Hearings, 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. (8/28/2011)
455.520   Temporary relief available — ex parte orders. (8/28/2021)
455.523   Full order of protection — relief available. (8/28/2021)
455.524   Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders. (8/28/2005)
455.526   Assignment of wages. (8/28/1995)
455.528   Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when. (8/28/1995)
455.530   Grounds for modification of orders. (8/28/1987)
455.534   Proceedings independent of others. (8/28/1987)
455.536   Costs of legal fees. (8/28/1987)
455.538   Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when. (1/1/2017)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE OR SUICIDE REPORTS
455.543   Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms. (8/28/2016)
455.545   Annual report by highway patrol. (8/28/2016)
455.547   Good faith immunity for reporters. (8/28/1998)
455.549   Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority. (8/28/2011)
455.560   Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report. (8/28/2018)
 - Cross References
Battered spouse syndrome, defense in criminal cases, 563.033
Juvenile court orders or judgments to take precedence in matters of custody or status of child under 21, 211.093

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