210.117. Child not reunited with parents or placed in a home, when.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

210.117. Child not reunited with parents or placed in a home, when.

Child not reunited with parents or placed in a home, when.

210.117. 1. A child taken into the custody of the state shall not bereunited with a parent or placed in a home in which the parent or anyperson residing in the home has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to,any of the following offenses when a child was the victim:

(1) A felony violation of section 566.030, 566.032, 566.040, 566.060,566.062, 566.064, 566.067, 566.068, 566.070, 566.083, 566.090, 566.100,566.111, 566.151, 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.212, or 566.215, RSMo;

(2) A violation of section 568.020, RSMo;

(3) A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section568.060, RSMo;

(4) A violation of section 568.065, RSMo;

(5) A violation of section 568.080, RSMo;

(6) A violation of section 568.090, RSMo; or

(7) A violation of section 568.175, RSMo.

2. For all other violations of offenses in chapters 566 and 568,RSMo, not specifically listed in subsection 1 of this section or for aviolation of an offense committed in another state when a child is thevictim that would be a violation of chapter 566 or 568, RSMo, if committedin Missouri, the division may exercise its discretion regarding theplacement of a child taken into the custody of the state in which a parentor any person residing in the home has been found guilty of, or pled guiltyto, any such offense.

3. In any case where the children's division determines based on asubstantiated report of child abuse that a child has abused another child,the abusing child shall be prohibited from returning to or residing in anyresidence, facility, or school within one thousand feet of the residence ofthe abused child or any child care facility or school that the abused childattends, unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction determines thatthe alleged abuse did not occur or the abused child reaches the age ofeighteen, whichever earlier occurs. The provisions of this subsectionshall not apply when the abusing child and the abused child are siblings orchildren living in the same home.