565.167. Custody of child--peace officer to take child into protective custody, when. - Missouri Statutes

Custody of child--peace officer to take child into protective custody,when.

565.167. 1. A peace officer investigating a report of aviolation of section 565.150, or section 565.153 or 565.156, maytake the child into temporary protective custody if it reasonablyappears to the officer that any person unlawfully will flee thejurisdictional territory with the child.

2. If during the course of an investigation under section565.150, or section 565.153 or 565.156, the child is found in thephysical custody of the defendant or another, the law enforcementofficer shall return the child to the parent or legal custodianfrom whom the child was concealed, detained or removed, unlessthere is good cause for the law enforcement officer to retaintemporary protective custody of the child pursuant to section210.125, RSMo.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 7)