Section 455.547 – Good faith immunity for reporters.
Effective – 28 Aug 1998 455.547. Good faith immunity for reporters. — Any employee of a law enforcement agency who, in good faith, completes and sends a form pursuant to section 455.543 shall be immune from liability. ——– (L. 1998 H.B. 1918)
Section 455.549 – Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority.
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 455.549. Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority. — 1. The division of probation and parole within the department of corrections shall promulgate rules to establish standards and to adopt a credentialing process for any court-appointed batterer intervention program. 2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term […]
Section 455.560 – Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report.
Effective – 28 Aug 2018 455.560. Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report. — 1. A prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may impanel a domestic violence fatality review panel for the county or city not within a county in which he or she serves to investigate the deaths of victims of homicides determined to […]
Section 455.528 – Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 455.528. Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when. — 1. After notice to the parties and the guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate and hearing, the court may modify an order of protection of a child at any time, upon subsequent […]
Section 455.530 – Grounds for modification of orders.
Effective – 28 Aug 1987 455.530. Grounds for modification of orders. — 1. Provisions of any order respecting maintenance or support may be modified only as to installments occurring subsequent to the motion for modification and only upon a showing of changed circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms unreasonable. 2. Provisions […]
Section 455.534 – Proceedings independent of others.
Effective – 28 Aug 1987 455.534. Proceedings independent of others. — All proceedings under sections 455.500 to 455.538 are independent of any proceedings for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, separate maintenance and other actions between the parties and are in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies, unless otherwise specifically provided in sections […]
Section 455.536 – Costs of legal fees.
Effective – 28 Aug 1987 455.536. Costs of legal fees. — The court may order a respondent to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the petitioner of maintaining any proceeding under sections 455.500 to 455.538 and for attorney’s fees, including sums for legal services rendered and costs incurred prior to the commencement of […]
Section 455.538 – Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 4 histories 455.538. Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when. — 1. When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a party, against whom a protective order for a child has been […]
Section 455.543 – Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms.
Effective – 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories 455.543. Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms. — 1. In any incident investigated by a law enforcement agency involving a homicide or suicide, the law enforcement agency shall make a determination as to whether the homicide […]
Section 455.545 – Annual report by highway patrol.
Effective – 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories 455.545. Annual report by highway patrol. — The highway patrol shall compile an annual report of homicides and suicides related to domestic violence. Such report shall be presented by March first of the subsequent year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and president pro tempore […]