Section 568.175 – Trafficking in children, penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.175. Trafficking in children, penalty. — 1. A person or entity commits the offense of trafficking in children if he, she, or it offers, gives, receives or solicits any money, consideration or other thing of value for the delivery or offer of delivery of a child to another […]
Section 568.010 – Bigamy — penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.010. Bigamy — penalty. — 1. A married person commits the offense of bigamy if he or she: (1) Purports to marry another; or (2) Cohabits with one whom he or she entered into a bigamous marriage in another jurisdiction. 2. A married person does not commit bigamy […]
Section 568.020 – Incest — penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.020. Incest — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of incest if he or she marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he or she knows to be, without regard to legitimacy, his or her: (1) […]
Section 568.030 – Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.030. Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of abandonment of a child in the first degree if, as a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than four years of […]
Section 568.032 – Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.032. Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of abandonment of a child in the second degree if, as a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eight years of […]
Section 568.040 – Criminal nonsupport, penalty — definitions — payment of support as a condition of parole — expungement of records, when — prosecuting attorneys to report cases to family support division.
Effective – 28 Aug 2017, 5 histories 568.040. Criminal nonsupport, penalty — definitions — payment of support as a condition of parole — expungement of records, when — prosecuting attorneys to report cases to family support division. — 1. A person commits the offense of nonsupport if he or she knowingly fails to provide adequate […]
Section 568.045 – Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories 568.045. Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if he or she: (1) Knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, […]
Section 568.050 – Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, penalties.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.050. Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree if he or she: (1) With criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to […]
Section 568.060 – Abuse or neglect of a child, penalty.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories 568.060. Abuse or neglect of a child, penalty. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Abuse”, the infliction of physical, sexual, or mental injury against a child by any person eighteen years of age or older. For purposes of this section, abuse […]
Section 568.065 – Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 568.065. Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses. — 1. A person commits the offense of genital mutilation if he or she: (1) Excises or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, vulva or clitoris of a female child less than […]