{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.380","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.380","heading":"Temporary custody, motion for — dismissal of action, effect of.","body":"1. A party to a custody proceeding may move for a temporary custody order. The motion must be supported by an affidavit. The court may award temporary custody after a hearing or, if there is no objection, solely on the basis of the affidavits.\n2. If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation is dismissed, any temporary custody order is vacated unless a parent or the child's custodian moves that the proceeding continue as a custody proceeding and the court finds, after a hearing, that the circumstances of the parents and the best interest of the child require that a custody decree be issued.","path":["Title XXX - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=452.380","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"ec9c5c89d9d4cab81b5fd12acd51c502698c9cf3b7c1abffa381931a942f35a2","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.377","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.385"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}