{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.395","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.395","heading":"Custody proceedings, priority of — judge to determine law and fact — secrecy, when.","body":"1. Custody proceedings shall receive priority in being set for hearing.\n2. The court without a jury shall determine questions of law and fact. If it finds that a public hearing may be detrimental to the child's best interests, the court may exclude the public from a custody hearing, but may admit any person who has a direct and legitimate interest in the particular case.\n3. If the court finds it necessary to protect the child's welfare that the record of any interview, report, investigation, or testimony in a custody proceeding be kept secret, the court may make an appropriate order sealing the record.","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=452.395","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"49f521375564da10a8557fac05b230a0b00efb3aeb38227043080e4ed48f72e0","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.390","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}