211.421. Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders of court. - Missouri Statutes

Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders ofcourt.

211.421. 1. After any child has come under the care or control ofthe juvenile court as provided in this chapter, any person who thereafterencourages, aids, or causes the child to commit any act or engage in anyconduct which would be injurious to the child's morals or health or whoknowingly or negligently disobeys, violates or interferes with a lawfulorder of the court with relation to the child, is guilty of contempt ofcourt, and shall be proceeded against as now provided by law and punishedby imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months orby a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by both such fine andimprisonment.

2. If it appears at a juvenile court hearing that any personseventeen years of age or over has violated section 568.045 or 568.050,RSMo, by endangering the welfare of a child, the judge of the juvenilecourt shall refer the information to the prosecuting or circuit attorney,as the case may be, for appropriate proceedings.

(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.330, A.L. 1999 H.B. 359 merged with S.B. 237)

(1957) Conviction of defendant of contempt on charge that she negligently disobeyed orders of court as to children held improper because order allegedly disobeyed was one granting custody on certain conditions, and violation of condition could not be contempt and also because judgment was not responsive to charge. G . . . . . . v. Souder (A.), 305 S.W.2d 883.