455.510. Filings--information required from petitioner. - Missouri Statutes

Filings--information required from petitioner.

455.510. 1. When the court is unavailable after business hours or onholidays or weekends, a verified petition for protection from abuse or amotion for hearing on violation of any order of protection under sections455.500 to 455.538 may be filed before any available court in the city orcounty having jurisdiction to hear the petition. An ex parte order may begranted pursuant to section 455.513.

2. All papers in connection with the filing of a petition or thegranting of an ex parte order of protection or a motion for a hearing on aviolation of an order of protection under this section shall be certifiedby such court or the clerk within the next regular business day to thecircuit court having jurisdiction to hear the petition.

3. A petitioner seeking a protection order for a child shall not berequired to reveal any current address or place of residence of the childexcept to the court in camera for the purpose of determining jurisdictionand venue. The petitioner may be required to provide a mailing addressunless the petitioner alleges that the child would be endangered by suchdisclosure, or that other household members would be endangered by suchdisclosure.

(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 6, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1619)

Effective 5-15-96