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- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.735 · Cooperation between courts — preservation of records.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.740 · Initial child custody jurisdiction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.745 · Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.747 · Verified petition — service of process.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.750 · Jurisdiction to modify determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.755 · Temporary emergency jurisdiction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.760 · Notice — opportunity to be heard — joinder.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.762 · Notice for exercise of jurisdiction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.765 · Simultaneous proceedings.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.770 · Inconvenient forum.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.775 · Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.780 · Information to be submitted to court.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.782 · Joinder of a party.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.785 · Appearance of parties and child.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.790 · Effect of child custody determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.795 · Full faith and credit.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.800 · Modification of another court's determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.805 · Filing of certified copy of custody decree.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.810 · Registration of child custody determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.815 · Forwarding copies of decrees.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.820 · Testimony of witnesses.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.825 · Request for another court to hold hearing.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.830 · Appearance at hearing.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.835 · Preservation of documents.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.840 · Transfer of transcripts and documents.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.845 · Priority of jurisdictional question.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.850 · Definitions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.855 · Temporary visitation.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.860 · Enforcement of registered determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.865 · Simultaneous proceeding.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.870 · Expedited enforcement of child custody determination.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.875 · Service of petition and order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.880 · Hearing and order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.885 · Warrant to take physical custody of child.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.890 · Costs, fees, and expenses.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.895 · Recognition and enforcement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.900 · Appeals.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.905 · Role of prosecutor or public official.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.910 · Role of law enforcement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.915 · Costs and expenses.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.920 · Application and construction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.925 · Severability clause.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.930 · Transitional provision.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1200 · Short title.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1202 · Definitions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1204 · Remedies for noncompliance.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1206 · Jurisdiction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1208 · Notification required of deploying parent.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1210 · Duty to notify of change of address.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1212 · General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1214 · Form of agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1216 · Nature of authority created by agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1218 · Modification of agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1220 · Power of attorney.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1222 · Filing agreement of power of attorney with court.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1224 · Definition.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1226 · Proceeding for temporary custody order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1228 · Expedited hearing.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1230 · Testimony by electronic means.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1232 · Effect of prior judicial order or agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1234 · Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1236 · Grant of limited contact.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1238 · Nature of authority created by temporary custody order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1240 · Content of temporary custody order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1242 · Order for child support.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1244 · Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1246 · Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1248 · Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1250 · Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1252 · Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1254 · Uniformity of application and construction.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1256 · Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1258 · Savings clause.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.005 · Construction of sections 453.010 to 453.400 — ethnic and racial diversity considerations.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.010 · Petition for permission to adopt, venue, jurisdiction — no denial or delay in placement of child based on residence or domicile — expedited placement, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.011 · Expediting termination of parental rights and contested adoption cases.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.012 · Requirements for adoption effective for petitions filed on or after August 28, 1997.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.014 · Who may place minor for adoption — rules and regulations, authority.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.015 · Definitions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.020 · Petition — guardian ad litem appointed — fee, deposit in putative father registry fund.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.025 · Appointment of guardian ad litem, when — fee — duties of guardian ad litem.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.026 · Written report to be furnished to prospective adoptive parent, court and guardian ad litem, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.030 · Approval of court required — how obtained, consent of child and parent required, when — validity of consent — forms, developed by children's division, contents — court appointment of attorney, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.040 · Consent of parents not required, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.050 · Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted — how executed.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.060 · Service on parties, how accomplished — petitioners' names not to appear on copy of petition served with summons, when — right of appeal — waiver of service — putative father unknown, procedure.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.061 · Conception of a child, man deemed to be on notice, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.065 · Definitions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.070 · Investigations precondition for adoption — contents of investigation report — how conducted — assessments of adoptive parents, contents — waiving of investigation, when — fees — preference to foster parents, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.072 · Qualified relatives to receive subsidies, when — definitions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.073 · Subsidy to adopted child — determination of — how paid — written agreement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.074 · Duties of children's division in administration of subsidy.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.075 · Petitioner in adoption proceeding to give accounting, when — contents — consequences of impropriety.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.077 · Postplacement assessments required, when — rulemaking authority.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.080 · Hearing — decree — contact or exchange of identifying information between adopted person and birth or adoptive parent not to be denied, when — post adoption contact agreement — contact preference form.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.090 · Consequences of adoption — child defined.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.100 · Clerk to certify decree for vital statistics record — contents.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.101 · Guardian appointed when adoption not granted — powers and duties to be specified.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.102 · Division to inform adoptive parents of postplacement services, when — nature of services — family services to assist in cases of adoptive placement.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.110 · Prohibiting transfer of custody of child — exception — penalty — investigation and report — transfer of custody order issued, when.