Section 455.523 – Full order of protection — relief available.
Effective – 28 Aug 2021, 5 histories 455.523. Full order of protection — relief available. — 1. Any full order of protection granted under sections 455.500 to 455.538 shall be to protect the victim from domestic violence, including danger to the child’s pet, stalking, and sexual assault may include such terms as the court reasonably […]
Section 455.524 – Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders.
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 455.524. Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders. — 1. The court shall retain jurisdiction over the full order of protection issued under sections 455.500 to 455.538 for its entire duration. The court may schedule compliance review hearings to monitor the respondent’s compliance […]
Section 455.526 – Assignment of wages.
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 455.526. Assignment of wages. — The court may order the person obligated to pay support or maintenance to make an assignment of a part of his periodic earnings or other income to the person entitled to receive the payments in accordance with chapter 452. ——– (L. 1987 H.B. 598 § […]
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 455.500 – Citation of law.
Effective – 28 Aug 1987 455.500. Citation of law. — Sections 455.500 to 455.538 shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Protection Orders Act”. ——– (L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 1)
Section 455.503 – Venue — petition, who may file.
Effective – 28 Aug 2015, 2 histories 455.503. Venue — petition, who may file. — 1. A petition for an order of protection for a child shall be filed in the county where the child resides, where the alleged incident of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault occurred, or where the respondent may be served. […]