STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 455 Abuse--Adults and Children--Shelters and Protective Orders

• 455.003. Rape crisis centers, confidentiality of information--employee competency to testify--rape crisis center defined.
• 455.005. Social Security number of respondent included in full orders of protection.
• 455.010. Definitions.
• 455.015. Venue.
• 455.020. Relief may be sought--order of protection effective, where.
• 455.025. Duties of circuit clerks--rules, forms, instructions.
• 455.027. No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required.
• 455.030. Filings--certain information not required from petitioner, exception--supreme court shall provide for filing of petitions on holidays, evenings and weekends.
• 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.
• 455.035. Protection orders--ex parte.
• 455.038. Ex parte orders, notification--circuit clerks to provide information on.
• 455.040. Hearings, when--duration of orders, renewal, requirements--copies of orders to be given, validity--duties of law enforcement agency--information may be entered in MULES.
• 455.045. Temporary relief available.
• 455.050. Full or ex parte order of protection, abuse or stalking, contents--relief available.
• 455.055. Assignment of wages.
• 455.060. Modification of orders, when--termination--appeal--custody of children, may not be changed, when.
• 455.065. Subsequent modification of orders.
• 455.067. Foreign order of protection to be given full faith and credit--registration of order, content, procedure.
• 455.070. Proceedings independent of others.
• 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.
• 455.075. Attorney's fees, cost.
• 455.080. Law enforcement agencies response to alleged incidents of abuse--factors indicating need for immediate response--establishment of crisis team--transportation of abused party to medical treatm
• 455.083. Law enforcement officer may rely on copy of protection order.
• 455.085. Arrest for violation of order--penalties--good faith immunity for law enforcement officials.
• 455.090. Jurisdiction, duration--enforceability of orders.
• 455.200. Definitions.
• 455.205. (Transferred 2000; now 488.445)
• 455.210. Administration by designated authority, how established--powers--expense, limitation.
• 455.215. Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed--payments from fund made when.
• 455.220. Requirements for shelter to qualify for funds.
• 455.225. Shelter request exceeding funds, allocation priorities.
• 455.230. Annual reports by shelters, contents--confidentiality--child assessment center established by department.
• 455.300. Missouri domestic violence commission established--members, meetings, rules.
• 455.305. Domestic violence intervention/rehabilitation pilot projects--purpose, funding, rules.
• 455.500. Citation of law.
• 455.501. Definitions.
• 455.503. Venue--petition, who may file.
• 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 fi
• 455.505. Relief may be sought for child abuse or child being stalked--order of protection effective, where.
• 455.508. (Repealed L. 2002 H.B. 1814 § A)
• 455.510. Filings--information required from petitioner.
• 455.513. Ex parte orders, issued when, effective when--for good cause shown, defined--investigation by division of family services, when--report due when, available to whom.
• 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 or
• 455.520. Temporary relief available--ex parte orders.
• 455.523. Full order of protection--relief available.
• 455.524. Jurisdiction for orders--compliance review hearings permitted--remedies for enforcement of orders.
• 455.526. Assignment of wages.
• 455.528. Modification of orders, who may file, when--termination--order not res judicata, when.
• 455.530. Grounds for modification of orders.
• 455.534. Proceedings independent of others.
• 455.536. Costs of legal fees.
• 455.538. Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order--arrest for violation, penalties--custody to be returned to rightful party, when.
• 455.540. Definitions.
• 455.543. Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered--reports made to highway patrol, forms, due when.
• 455.545. Annual report by highway patrol.
• 455.547. Good faith immunity for reporters.

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