{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-487.120","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 487.120","heading":"Immediate need to hear case outside jurisdiction, assignment of judge, conditions.","body":"In the event that there is an immediate need to hear a case falling outside the exclusive original jurisdiction of the family court, and no other judge of the circuit is available to hear the matter, the presiding judge may assign a judge of the family court division of the proper venue to hear such matter, subject to split venue and other provisions of law.","path":["Title XXXII - COURTS","Chapter 487 - Family Courts"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=487.120","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"f572ae2603b43c060a34412416358ccd96f21b3d5662e552d01c91934386a00d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-487.110","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-487.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}