Missouri Revisor of Statutes - Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Chapter 455

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 455 Abuse — Adults and Children — Shelters and Protective Orders ✹⚿

	GENERAL PROVISIONS
455.003	Rape crisis centers, confidentiality of information — employee competency to testify — rape crisis center defined. (8/28/2007)
455.004	Juvenile court records, confidentiality, when. (8/28/2011)
455.005	Social Security number of respondent included in full orders of protection. (8/28/2000)
455.007	Mootness doctrine, public interest exception to apply upon expiration of the order. (8/28/2014)
	ADULT ABUSE
455.010	Definitions. (8/28/2021)
455.015	Venue. (8/28/2013)
455.020	Relief may be sought — order of protection effective, where. (8/28/2015)
455.025	Duties of circuit clerks — rules, forms, instructions. (8/28/1989)
455.027	No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required. (8/28/2011)
455.030	Filings — certain information not required from petitioner, exception — supreme court shall provide for filing of petitions on holidays, evenings and weekends. (8/28/2013)
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. (8/28/2021)
455.035	Protection orders — ex parte. (8/28/2013)
455.038	Ex parte orders, notification — circuit clerks to provide information on. (8/28/2011)
455.040	Hearings, when — duration of orders, renewal, requirements — copies of orders to be given, validity — duties of law enforcement agency — information entered in MULES — objection, personally served. (8/28/2021)
455.045	Temporary relief available — ex parte orders. (8/28/2021)
455.050	Full or ex parte order of protection, abuse, stalking, or sexual assault, contents — relief available — court may order transfer billing responsibility of wireless telephone, when, procedure. (8/28/2021)
455.055	Assignment of wages. (8/28/1995)
455.060	Modification of orders, when — termination, when — appeal — custody of children, may not be changed, when. (8/28/2013)
455.065	Subsequent modification of orders. (8/28/1980)
455.067	Foreign order of protection to be given full faith and credit — registration of order, content, procedure. (8/28/2002)
455.070	Proceedings independent of others. (8/28/1980)
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. (8/28/2022)
455.075	Attorney's fees, cost. (8/28/2022)
455.080	Law enforcement agencies response to alleged incidents of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — factors indicating need for immediate response — establishment of crisis team — transportation of abused party to medical treatment or shelter. (8/28/2015)
455.083	Law enforcement officer may rely on copy of protection order. (8/28/1999)
455.085	Arrest for violation of order — penalties — good faith immunity for law enforcement officials. (8/28/2022)
455.090	Jurisdiction, duration — enforceability of orders. (8/28/2004)
455.095	Electronic monitoring, when — requirements — expiration date. (8/28/2018)
	SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (COUNTIES AND CITY OF ST. LOUIS)
	Funding, additional court costs all cities and counties having or using shelters for victims of domestic violence, exceptions, 488.607 Funding, services to victim fund, director of public safety may distribute funds from, 595.105
455.200	Definitions. (8/28/2011)
455.210	Administration by designated authority, how established — powers — expense, limitation. (8/28/1982)
455.215	Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed — payments from fund made when. (8/28/1982)
455.220	Requirements for shelter to qualify for funds. (8/28/2000)
455.225	Shelter request exceeding funds, allocation priorities. (8/28/1982)
455.230	Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment center established by department. (8/28/2000)
455.300	Missouri domestic violence commission established — members, meetings, rules. (8/28/2000)
455.305	Domestic violence intervention/rehabilitation pilot projects — purpose, funding, rules. (8/28/2000)
	CHILD PROTECTION ORDERS
455.500	Citation of law. (8/28/1987)
455.503	Venue — petition, who may file. (8/28/2015)
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 file petition to be posted — rules — no fees required — guardian ad litem or CASA to be provided copy of petition. (8/28/2003)
455.505	Relief may be sought for child for domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — order of protection effective, where. (8/28/2015)
455.510	Filings — information required from petitioner. (5/15/1996)
455.513	Ex parte orders, issued immediately, when — for good cause shown, defined — investigation by children's division, when — report due when, available to whom — transfer to juvenile court, when. (8/28/2021)
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 order — notice to law enforcement agencies — service of process. (8/28/2011)
455.520	Temporary relief available — ex parte orders. (8/28/2021)
455.523	Full order of protection — relief available. (8/28/2021)
455.524	Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders. (8/28/2005)
455.526	Assignment of wages. (8/28/1995)
455.528	Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when. (8/28/1995)
455.530	Grounds for modification of orders. (8/28/1987)
455.534	Proceedings independent of others. (8/28/1987)
455.536	Costs of legal fees. (8/28/1987)
455.538	Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when. (1/1/2017)
	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE OR SUICIDE REPORTS
455.543	Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms. (8/28/2016)
455.545	Annual report by highway patrol. (8/28/2016)
455.547	Good faith immunity for reporters. (8/28/1998)
455.549	Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority. (8/28/2011)
455.560	Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report. (8/28/2018)

- Cross References
	Battered spouse syndrome, defense in criminal cases, 563.033
	Juvenile court orders or judgments to take precedence in matters of custody or status of child under 21, 211.093

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