{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.800","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.800","heading":"Modification of another court's determination.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in section 452.755, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection 1 of section 452.740 and:\n(1) The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 452.745 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under section 452.770; or\n(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that neither child, nor a parent, nor any person acting as a parent presently resides in the other state.","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=452.800","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"98f8f77d317207b9a15df067a78caa09b3d44f5aac2f53820bf8924794495e8a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.795","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}