Bill Text: MO HB1231 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Missouri House Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Changes the laws regarding the administration of justice

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-09 - Delivered to Secretary of State (G) [HB1231 Detail]

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1231

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

4472H.02P D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal sections 56.363, 56.800, 56.805, 56.807, 56.811, 56.827, 56.833, 56.840, 105.684, 211.183, 211.447, 302.065, 452.375, 452.400, 452.556, 453.015, 453.040, 453.110, 455.007, 456.950, 478.437, 478.610, 488.026, 516.140, 516.350, 536.010, 546.720, 575.153, 578.501, 578.502, 578.503, 632.480, 632.483, and 632.484, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof forty-eight new sections relating to judicial procedures, with penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 56.363, 56.800, 56.805, 56.807, 56.811, 56.827, 56.833, 56.840, 105.684, 211.183, 211.447, 302.065, 452.375, 452.400, 452.556, 453.015, 453.040, 453.110, 455.007, 456.950, 478.437, 478.610, 488.026, 516.140, 516.350, 536.010, 546.720, 575.153, 578.501, 578.502, 578.503, 632.480, 632.483, and 632.484, RSMo, are repealed and forty-eight new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 43.675, 56.363, 56.800, 56.805, 56.807, 56.811, 56.827, 56.833, 56.840, 56.850, 56.860, 105.684, 211.183, 211.447, 302.065, 302.067, 452.375, 452.400, 452.556, 453.015, 453.040, 453.110, 453.700, 455.007, 456.950, 456.2-205, 456.4-420, 456.8-818, 474.395, 475.072, 476.085, 478.437, 478.610, 478.740, 488.026, 488.2240, 488.2245, 516.140, 516.350, 536.010, 537.602, 546.720, 574.160, 575.153, 632.480, 632.483, 632.484, and 632.520, to read as follows:

43.675. 1. As used in this section the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Criminal justice agency", courts or a governmental agency or any subunit thereof that performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order and that allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice including state and federal inspector general offices;

(2) "Regional Justice Information Service (REJIS)", a governmental agency created by the enactment of dual ordinances of a city not within a county and a county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants pursuant to the provisions of section 70.210 for the administration of criminal justice, which provides support to any political subdivision requiring technological assistance with collecting, storing, and disseminating criminal history record information.

2. The Regional Justice Information Service (REJIS) is hereby designated a "Criminal Justice Agency" for purposes of 28 CFR 20 and shall have all the powers necessary to carry out its purposes including, but not limited to, the power to:

(1) Facilitate criminal identification activities and collect, store, and disseminate criminal history record information throughout the state of Missouri;

(2) Provide criminal history and related criminal justice support to political subdivisions and other authorized entities; and

(3) Perform related functions not inconsistent with the law.

56.363. 1. The county commission of any county may on its own motion and shall upon the petition of ten percent of the total number of people who voted in the previous general election in the county submit to the voters at a general or special election the proposition of making the county prosecutor a full-time position. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper published within the county, or if no newspaper is published within the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, for three weeks consecutively, the last insertion of which shall be at least ten days and not more than thirty days before the day of the election, and by posting printed notices thereof at three of the most public places in each township in the county. The proposition shall be put before the voters substantially in the following form:

Shall the office of prosecuting attorney be made a full-time position in ............... County?

□ YES □ NO

If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of making the county prosecutor a full-time position, it shall become effective upon the date that the prosecutor who is elected at the next election subsequent to the passage of such proposal is sworn into office.

2. Upon passage of the proposition under subsection 1 of this section, the position shall qualify for the retirement benefit available for a full-time prosecutor of a county of the first classification. Regardless of the county classification, any county which has elected at any time to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position shall pay the same contribution amount that is paid by counties of the first classification into the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys’ retirement fund established under section 56.800.

3. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section notwithstanding, in any county where the proposition of making the county prosecutor a full-time position was submitted to the voters at a general election in 1998 and where a majority of the voters voting on the proposition voted in favor of making the county prosecutor a full-time position, the proposition shall become effective on May 1, 1999. Any prosecuting attorney whose position becomes full time on May 1, 1999, under the provisions of this subsection shall have the additional duty of providing not less than three hours of continuing education to peace officers in the county served by the prosecuting attorney in each year of the term beginning January 1, 1999.

[3.] 4. In counties that, prior to August 28, 2001, have elected pursuant to this section to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position, the county commission may at any time elect to have that position also qualify for the retirement benefit available for a full-time prosecutor of a county of the first classification. Such election shall be made by a majority vote of the county commission and once made shall be irrevocable. When such an election is made, the results shall be transmitted to the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund, and the election shall be effective on the first day of January following such election. Such election shall also obligate the county to pay into the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' system retirement fund the same retirement contributions for full-time prosecutors as are paid by counties of the first classification.

56.800. There is hereby authorized a "Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of a board of trustees described in section 56.809. The board of trustees shall be responsible for the administration of such prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. If insufficient funds are generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860, the board shall proportion the benefits according to the funds available. The prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund shall be a body corporate and may sue and be sued, transact business, invest funds, and hold cash, securities, and other property.

56.805. As used in sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860, the following words and terms mean:

(1) "Annuity", annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for, in, or authorized by, the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860;

(2) "Average final compensation", the average compensation of an employee for the two consecutive years prior to retirement when the employee's compensation was greatest;

(3) "Board of trustees" or "board", the board of trustees established by the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860;

(4) "Compensation", all salary and other compensation payable by a county to an employee, including any salary reduction amounts authorized under a cafeteria plan satisfying 26 U.S.C. 125 or eligible deferred compensation plan satisfying 26 U.S.C. 457 for personal services rendered as an employee, but not including travel [and] , mileage, reimbursement for any expenses, consideration for agreeing to terminate employment, or other nonrecurring or unusual payment that is not part of regular remuneration;

(5) "County", the city of St. Louis and each county in the state;

(6) "Creditable service", the sum of both membership service and creditable prior service;

(7) "Effective date of the establishment of the system", August 28, 1989;

(8) "Employee", an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is employed by a county or a city not within a county;

(9) "Membership service", service as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney after becoming a member that is creditable in determining the amount of the member's benefits under this system;

(10) "Prior service", service of a member rendered prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system which is creditable under [section] sections 56.823 and 56.850;

(11) "Retirement system" or "system", the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system authorized by the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860.

56.807. 1. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing monthly thereafter until August 27, 2003, the funds for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys provided for in subsection 2 of this section shall be paid from county or city funds.

2. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing monthly thereafter until August 27, 2003, each county treasurer shall pay to the system the following amounts to be drawn from the general revenues of the county:

(1) For counties of the third and fourth classification except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, three hundred seventy-five dollars;

(2) For counties of the second classification, five hundred forty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents;

(3) For counties of the first classification, counties which pursuant to section 56.363 elect to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position after August 28, 2001, or whose county commission has elected a full-time retirement benefit pursuant to subsection 3 of section 56.363, and the city of St. Louis, one thousand two hundred ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.

3. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing until August 27, 2003, the county treasurer shall at least monthly transmit the sums specified in subsection 2 of this section to the Missouri office of prosecution services for deposit to the credit of the "Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement System Fund", which is hereby created. All moneys held by the state treasurer on behalf of the system shall be paid to the system within ninety days after August 28, 1993. Moneys in the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund shall be used only for the purposes provided in sections 56.800 to 56.840 and for no other purpose.

4. Beginning August 28, 2003, the funds for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys provided for in this section shall be paid from county or city funds and the surcharge established in this section and collected as provided by this section and sections 488.010 to 488.020.

5. (1) Beginning August 28, 2003, each county treasurer shall pay to the system the following amounts to be drawn from the general revenues of the county:

[(1)] (a) For counties of the third and fourth classification except as provided in [subdivision (3)] paragraph (c) of this [subsection] subdivision, one hundred eighty-seven dollars;

[(2)] (b) For counties of the second classification, two hundred seventy-one dollars;

[(3)] (c) For counties of the first classification, counties which pursuant to section 56.363 elect to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position after August 28, 2001, or whose county commission has elected a full-time retirement benefit pursuant to subsection 3 of section 56.363, and the city of St. Louis, six hundred forty-six dollars.

(2) Beginning August 28, 2015, the county contribution set forth in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be adjusted in accordance with the following schedule based upon the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys’ retirement system’s annual actuarial valuation report. If the system’s funding ration is:

(a) One hundred twenty percent or more, no monthly sum shall be transmitted;

(b) More than one hundred ten percent but less than one hundred twenty percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be reduced fifty percent;

(c) At least ninety percent and up to and including one hundred ten percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall remain the same;

(d) At least eighty percent and less than ninety percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be increased fifty percent; and

(e) Less than eighty percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be increased one hundred percent.

6. Beginning August 28, 2003, the county treasurer shall at least monthly transmit the sums specified in subsection 5 of this section to the Missouri office of prosecution services for deposit to the credit of the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund. Moneys in the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund shall be used only for the purposes provided in sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860, and for no other purpose.

7. Beginning August 28, 2003, the following surcharge for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys shall be collected and paid as follows:

(1) There shall be assessed and collected a surcharge of four dollars against any person who has pled guilty for any violation and paid a fine through a fine collection center, and in all criminal cases filed in the courts of this state including violation of any county ordinance [or] , any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including infractions, but no such surcharge shall be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court [or against any person who has pled guilty and paid their fine pursuant to subsection 4 of section 476.385]. For purposes of this section, the term "county ordinance" shall include any ordinance of the city of St. Louis;

(2) The clerk responsible for collecting court costs in criminal cases shall collect and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.026. Such funds shall be payable to the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. Moneys credited to the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund shall be used only for the purposes provided for in sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860 and for no other purpose.

8. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants and bequests from private or public sources to the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund.

9. No state moneys shall be used to fund section 56.700 and sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860 unless provided for by law.

56.811. On and after the effective date of the establishment of the system, as an incident to his employment or continued employment, each person employed as an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney shall become a member of the system. Such membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860.

56.827. 1. The normal annuity of a member shall be paid to a member during his lifetime. Upon his death no further payments shall be made.

2. In lieu of the normal annuity otherwise payable to a member, the member may elect in the member's application for retirement to receive his choice of the following options:

Option 1. The actuarial equivalent of the member's normal annuity in reduced monthly payments for life during retirement with the provision that upon the member's death, fifty percent of the reduced normal annuity shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the member's spouse; or

Option 2. Some other option approved by the board which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the annuity to which the member is entitled under this system.

3. The election may be made only in the application for retirement and such application shall be filed prior to the date on which the retirement of the member is to be effective unless otherwise provided. If, after the reduced normal annuity begins under option 1, the spouse predeceases the retired member, the reduced normal annuity continues to the retired member during the member's lifetime; but, when a member dies any time after August 28, 1989, who is eligible for retirement prior to retiring and receiving retirement benefits, the surviving spouse of such member of the retirement system coming under the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860 shall, upon application, be appointed and employed as a special consultant by the retirement system for the remainder of the spouse's life, and upon request shall give oral or written opinions on the benefits of the retirement system, and shall be entitled to receive benefits under option 1, and shall be eligible for all other benefits that other spouses are entitled to receive.

56.833. 1. Upon termination of employment, any member with twelve or more years of creditable service shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service. Any member with less than twelve years of creditable service shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's termination of employment.

2. A former member who has forfeited creditable service may have the creditable service restored by again becoming an employee and completing four years of continuous membership service.

3. Absences for sickness or injury of less than twelve months shall be counted as membership service.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 104.800 to the contrary, no former or current member shall be entitled to transfer creditable service into the retirement system unless the member previously vested in the system.

56.840. Annuity payments to retired employees under the provisions of sections 56.800 to [56.840] 56.860 shall be available beginning January first next succeeding the expiration of two calendar years from the effective date of the establishment of the system to eligible retired employees, and employees with at least twelve years of creditable service shall have vested rights and upon reaching the required age shall be entitled to retirement benefits.

56.850. All non-vested members of the retirement system serving as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in counties of the first classification or any city not within a county shall receive one year of creditable service for each year served. Non-vested members serving as prosecuting attorney in counties that have elected to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position shall receive one year of creditable service for each year served as a full-time prosecuting attorney and sixty percent creditable service for each year served as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Unless otherwise permitted by law, credit shall not be earned by any member for employment of only a portion of a year.

56.860. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any part-time vested member of the retirement system who ceased being a member for more than six months before returning as a full-time member shall be entitled to retirement benefits for creditable service as calculated on the date the member was terminated. Any creditable service earned by such a member after rejoining the plan begins a new vesting period. No member shall receive any retirement benefits while employed as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney.

105.684. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no plan shall adopt or implement any additional benefit increase, supplement, enhancement, lump sum benefit payments to participants, or cost-of-living adjustment beyond current plan provisions in effect prior to August 28, 2007, unless the plan's actuary determines that the funded ratio of the most recent periodic actuarial valuation and prior to such adoption or implementation is at least eighty percent and will not be less than seventy-five percent after such adoption or implementation.

2. The unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities associated with benefit changes described in this section shall be amortized over a period not to exceed twenty years for purposes of determining the contributions associated with the adoption or implementation of any such benefit increase, supplement, or enhancement.

3. Any plan with a funded ratio below sixty percent shall have the actuary prepare an accelerated contribution schedule based on a descending amortization period for inclusion in the actuarial valuation.

4. Nothing in this section shall apply to any plan established under [chapter] chapters 56, 70, or [chapter] 476.

5. Nothing in this section shall prevent a plan from adopting and implementing any provision necessary to maintain a plan's status as a qualified trust pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 401(a).

211.183. 1. In juvenile court proceedings regarding the removal of a child from his or her home, the court's order shall include a determination of whether the division of family services has made reasonable efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child and, after removal, to make it possible for the child to return home. If the first contact with the family occurred during an emergency in which the child could not safely remain at home even with reasonable in-home services, the division shall be deemed to have made reasonable efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for removal.

2. "Reasonable efforts" means the exercise of reasonable diligence and care by the division to utilize all available services related to meeting the needs of the juvenile and the family. In determining reasonable efforts to be made and in making such reasonable efforts, the child's present and ongoing health and safety shall be the paramount consideration.

3. In support of its determination of whether reasonable efforts have been made, the court shall enter findings, including a brief description of what preventive or reunification efforts were made and why further efforts could or could not have prevented or shortened the separation of the family. The division shall have the burden of demonstrating reasonable efforts.

4. The juvenile court may authorize the removal of the child even if the preventive and reunification efforts of the division have not been reasonable, but further efforts could not permit the child to remain at home.

5. Before a child may be removed from the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child by order of a juvenile court, excluding commitments to the division of youth services, the court shall in its orders:

(1) State whether removal of the child is necessary to protect the child and the reasons therefor;

(2) Describe the services available to the family before removal of the child, including in-home services;

(3) Describe the efforts made to provide those services relevant to the needs of the family before the removal of the child;

(4) State why efforts made to provide family services described did not prevent removal of the child; and

(5) State whether efforts made to prevent removal of the child were reasonable, based upon the needs of the family and child.

6. If continuation of reasonable efforts, as described in this section, is determined by the division to be inconsistent with establishing a permanent placement for the child, the division shall take such steps as are deemed necessary by the division, including seeking modification of any court order to modify the permanency plan for the child.

7. The division shall not be required to make reasonable efforts, as defined in this section, but has the discretion to make reasonable efforts if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that:

(1) The parent has subjected the child to a severe act or recurrent acts of physical, emotional or sexual abuse toward the child, including an act of incest; or

(2) The parent has:

(a) Committed murder of another child of the parent;

(b) Committed voluntary manslaughter of another child of the parent;

(d) Committed a felony assault that resulted in serious bodily injury to the child or to another child of the parent; or

(3) Aggravating factors that in the totality of circumstances affect the fitness of the parent including, but not limited to, alcohol, controlled substances, or prescription drug dependency of the parent, all of which prevents him or her from consistently providing the necessary care, custody, and control of the child and which in the totality of the circumstances appear to be not treatable such as to enable the parent to consistently provide such care, custody, and control. The court may consider, but is not limited to, the following factors under this subdivision:

(a) Previous history of child abandonment;

(b) Previous history of child maltreatment;

(d) Prior failed efforts at reunification with the child at issue or with the parent’s other child or children;

(e) History of giving birth to a newborn with fetal alcohol syndrome or a controlled substance exposed newborn;

(f) History of a parent's child or children testing positive for alcohol or a controlled substance at birth or any time afterwards;

(g) Diminished motivation to parent the child at issue or another child or children of the parent;

(h) Past or current failed efforts at alcohol or controlled substance rehabilitation or refusal to enter an alcohol or controlled substance abuse rehabilitation facility; or

(i) Extended period of alcohol or controlled substance abuse; or

(4) The parent's parental rights to a sibling have been involuntarily terminated.

8. If the court determines that reasonable efforts, as described in this section, are not required to be made by the division, the court shall hold a permanency hearing within thirty days after the court has made such determination. The division shall complete whatever steps are necessary to finalize the permanent placement of the child.

9. The division may concurrently engage in reasonable efforts, as described in this section, while engaging in such other measures as are deemed appropriate by the division to establish a permanent placement for the child.

211.447. 1. Any information that could justify the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights may be referred to the juvenile officer by any person. The juvenile officer shall make a preliminary inquiry and if it does not appear to the juvenile officer that a petition should be filed, such officer shall so notify the informant in writing within thirty days of the referral. Such notification shall include the reasons that the petition will not be filed. Thereupon, the informant may bring the matter directly to the attention of the judge of the juvenile court by presenting the information in writing, and if it appears to the judge that the information could justify the filing of a petition, the judge may order the juvenile officer to take further action, including making a further preliminary inquiry or filing a petition.

2. Except as provided for in subsection 4 of this section, a petition to terminate the parental rights of the child's parent or parents shall be filed by the juvenile officer or the division, or if such a petition has been filed by another party, the juvenile officer or the division shall seek to be joined as a party to the petition, when:

(1) Information available to the juvenile officer or the division establishes that the child has been in foster care for at least fifteen of the most recent twenty-two months; or

(2) A court of competent jurisdiction has determined the child to be an abandoned infant. For purposes of this subdivision, an "infant" means any child one year of age or under at the time of filing of the petition. The court may find that an infant has been abandoned if:

(a) The parent has left the child under circumstances that the identity of the child was unknown and could not be ascertained, despite diligent searching, and the parent has not come forward to claim the child; or

(b) The parent has, without good cause, left the child without any provision for parental support and without making arrangements to visit or communicate with the child, although able to do so; or

(3) A court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the parent has:

(a) Committed murder of another child of the parent; or

(b) Committed voluntary manslaughter of another child of the parent; or

(d) Committed a felony assault that resulted in serious bodily injury to the child or to another child of the parent.

3. A termination of parental rights petition shall be filed by the juvenile officer or the division, or if such a petition has been filed by another party, the juvenile officer or the division shall seek to be joined as a party to the petition, within sixty days of the judicial determinations required in subsection 2 of this section, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section. Failure to comply with this requirement shall not deprive the court of jurisdiction to adjudicate a petition for termination of parental rights which is filed outside of sixty days.

4. If grounds exist for termination of parental rights pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, the juvenile officer or the division may, but is not required to, file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the child's parent or parents if:

(1) The child is being cared for by a relative; or

(2) There exists a compelling reason for determining that filing such a petition would not be in the best interest of the child, as documented in the permanency plan which shall be made available for court review; or

(3) The family of the child has not been provided such services as provided for in section 211.183.

5. The juvenile officer or the division may file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the child's parent when it appears that one or more of the following grounds for termination exist:

(1) The child has been abandoned. For purposes of this subdivision a "child" means any child over one year of age at the time of filing of the petition. The court shall find that the child has been abandoned if, for a period of six months or longer:

(a) The parent has left the child under such circumstances that the identity of the child was unknown and could not be ascertained, despite diligent searching, and the parent has not come forward to claim the child; or

(b) The parent has, without good cause, left the child without any provision for parental support and without making arrangements to visit or communicate with the child, although able to do so;

(2) The child has been abused or neglected. In determining whether to terminate parental rights pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall consider and make findings on the following conditions or acts of the parent:

(a) A mental condition which is shown by competent evidence either to be permanent or such that there is no reasonable likelihood that the condition can be reversed and which renders the parent unable to knowingly provide the child the necessary care, custody and control;

(b) Chemical dependency which prevents the parent from consistently providing the necessary care, custody and control of the child and which cannot be treated so as to enable the parent to consistently provide such care, custody and control;

(c) A severe act or recurrent acts of physical, emotional or sexual abuse toward the child or any child in the family by the parent, including an act of incest, or by another under circumstances that indicate that the parent knew or should have known that such acts were being committed toward the child or any child in the family; or

(d) Repeated or continuous failure by the parent, although physically or financially able, to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or education as defined by law, or other care and control necessary for the child's physical, mental, or emotional health and development.

Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit discrimination on the basis of disability or disease;

(3) The child has been under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for a period of one year, and the court finds that the conditions which led to the assumption of jurisdiction still persist, or conditions of a potentially harmful nature continue to exist, that there is little likelihood that those conditions will be remedied at an early date so that the child can be returned to the parent in the near future, or the continuation of the parent-child relationship greatly diminishes the child's prospects for early integration into a stable and permanent home. In determining whether to terminate parental rights under this subdivision, the court shall consider and make findings on the following:

(a) The terms of a social service plan entered into by the parent and the division and the extent to which the parties have made progress in complying with those terms;

(b) The success or failure of the efforts of the juvenile officer, the division or other agency to aid the parent on a continuing basis in adjusting his circumstances or conduct to provide a proper home for the child;

(c) A mental condition which is shown by competent evidence either to be permanent or such that there is no reasonable likelihood that the condition can be reversed and which renders the parent unable to knowingly provide the child the necessary care, custody and control;

(d) Chemical dependency which prevents the parent from consistently providing the necessary care, custody and control over the child and which cannot be treated so as to enable the parent to consistently provide such care, custody and control; or

(4) The parent has been found guilty or pled guilty to a felony violation of chapter 566 when the child or any child in the family was a victim, or a violation of section 568.020 when the child or any child in the family was a victim. As used in this subdivision, a "child" means any person who was under eighteen years of age at the time of the crime and who resided with such parent or was related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to such parent; or

(5) The child was conceived and born as a result of an act of forcible rape or rape in the first degree. When the biological father has pled guilty to, or is convicted of, the forcible rape or rape in the first degree of the birth mother, such a plea or conviction shall be conclusive evidence supporting the termination of the biological father's parental rights; or

(6) [The parent is unfit to be a party to the parent and child relationship because of a consistent pattern of committing a specific abuse, including but not limited to abuses as defined in section 455.010, child abuse or drug abuse before the child or of specific conditions directly relating to the parent and child relationship either of which are determined by the court to be of a duration or nature that renders the parent unable, for the reasonably foreseeable future, to care appropriately for the ongoing physical, mental or emotional needs of the child. It is presumed that a parent is unfit to be a party to the parent-child relationship upon a showing that within a three-year period immediately prior to the termination adjudication, the parent's parental rights to one or more other children were involuntarily terminated pursuant to subsection 2 or 4 of this section or subdivisions (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this subsection or similar laws of other states.] (a) The parent is unfit to be a party to the parent and child relationship because of a consistent pattern of committing a specific abuse including, but not limited to, specific conditions directly relating to the parent and child relationship which are determined by the court to be of a duration or nature that renders the parent unable for the reasonably foreseeable future to care appropriately for the ongoing physical, mental, or emotional needs of the child.

(b) It is presumed that a parent is unfit to be a party to the parent and child relationship upon a showing that:

a. Within a three-year period immediately prior to the termination adjudication, the parent's parental rights to one or more other children were involuntarily terminated pursuant to subsection 2 or 4 of this section or subdivisions (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection or similar laws of other states;

b. If the parent is the birth mother and while the child was in utero or within eight hours after the child's birth, the child's birth mother tested positive for alcohol, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, a controlled substance as defined in section 195.010, or a prescription drug as defined in section 196.973, excepting those controlled substances or prescription drugs present in the mother’s body as a result of medical treatment administered to the mother, and the birth mother is the biological mother of at least one other child who was adjudicated an abused or neglected minor by the mother or the mother has previously failed to complete recommended treatment services by the children's division through a family-centered services case;

c. If the parent is the birth mother and at the time of the child's birth or within eight hours after a child's birth the child tested positive for alcohol, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, a controlled substance as defined in section 195.010, or a prescription drug as defined in section 196.973, excepting those controlled substances or prescription drugs present in the mother’s body as a result of medical treatment administered to the mother, and the birth mother is the biological mother of at least one other child who was adjudicated an abused or neglected minor by the mother or the mother has previously failed to complete recommended treatment services by the children's division through a family-centered services case; or

d. Within a three-year period immediately prior to the termination adjudication, the parent has pled guilty to or has been convicted of a felony involving the possession, distribution, or manufacture of cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine, and the parent is the biological parent of at least one other child who was adjudicated an abused or neglected minor by such parent or such parent has previously failed to complete recommended treatment services by the children's division through a family-centered services case.

6. The juvenile court may terminate the rights of a parent to a child upon a petition filed by the juvenile officer or the division, or in adoption cases, by a prospective parent, if the court finds that the termination is in the best interest of the child and when it appears by clear, cogent and convincing evidence that grounds exist for termination pursuant to subsection 2, 4 or 5 of this section.

7. When considering whether to terminate the parent-child relationship pursuant to subsection 2 or 4 of this section or subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (4) of subsection 5 of this section, the court shall evaluate and make findings on the following factors, when appropriate and applicable to the case:

(1) The emotional ties to the birth parent;

(2) The extent to which the parent has maintained regular visitation or other contact with the child;

(3) The extent of payment by the parent for the cost of care and maintenance of the child when financially able to do so including the time that the child is in the custody of the division or other child-placing agency;

(4) Whether additional services would be likely to bring about lasting parental adjustment enabling a return of the child to the parent within an ascertainable period of time;

(5) The parent's disinterest in or lack of commitment to the child;

(6) The conviction of the parent of a felony offense that the court finds is of such a nature that the child will be deprived of a stable home for a period of years; provided, however, that incarceration in and of itself shall not be grounds for termination of parental rights;

(7) Deliberate acts of the parent or acts of another of which the parent knew or should have known that subjects the child to a substantial risk of physical or mental harm.

8. The court may attach little or no weight to infrequent visitations, communications, or contributions. It is irrelevant in a termination proceeding that the maintenance of the parent-child relationship may serve as an inducement for the parent's rehabilitation.

9. In actions for adoption pursuant to chapter 453, the court may hear and determine the issues raised in a petition for adoption containing a prayer for termination of parental rights filed with the same effect as a petition permitted pursuant to subsection 2, 4, or 5 of this section.

10. The disability or disease of a parent shall not constitute a basis for a determination that a child is a child in need of care, for the removal of custody of a child from the parent, or for the termination of parental rights without a specific showing that there is a causal relation between the disability or disease and harm to the child.

302.065. 1. Notwithstanding section 32.090 or any other provision of the law to the contrary, and except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, the department of revenue shall not retain copies, in any format, of source documents presented by individuals applying for or holding driver's licenses or nondriver's licenses. The department of revenue shall not use technology to capture digital images of source documents so that the images are capable of being retained in electronic storage in a transferable format.

2. By December 31, 2013, the department of revenue shall securely destroy so as to make irretrievable any source documents that have been obtained from driver's license or nondriver's license applicants after September 1, 2012.

3. As long as the department of revenue has the authority to issue a concealed carry endorsement, the department shall not retain copies of any certificate of qualification for a concealed carry endorsement presented to the department for an endorsement on a driver's license or nondriver's license under section 571.101. The department of revenue shall not use technology to capture digital images of a certificate of qualification nor shall the department retain digital or electronic images of such certificates. The department of revenue shall merely verify whether the applicant for a driver's license or nondriver's license has presented a certificate of qualification which will allow the applicant to obtain a concealed carry endorsement. By December 31, 2013, the department of revenue shall securely destroy so as to make irretrievable any copies of certificates of qualification that have been obtained from driver's license or nondriver's license applicants.

4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) Original application forms, which may be retained but not scanned;

(2) Test score documents issued by state highway patrol driver examiners;

(3) Documents demonstrating lawful presence of any applicant who is not a citizen of the United States, including documents demonstrating duration of the person's lawful presence in the United States; and

(4) Any document required to be retained under federal motor carrier regulations in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including but not limited to documents required by federal law for the issuance of a commercial driver's license and a commercial driver instruction permit; and

(5) Any other document at the request of and for the convenience of the applicant where the applicant requests the department of revenue review alternative documents as proof required for issuance of a [driver] driver’s license, [nondriver] nondriver’s license, or instruction permit. 5. As used in this section, the term "source documents" means original or certified copies, where applicable, of documents presented by an applicant as required under 6 CFR Part 37 to the department of revenue to apply for a driver's license or nondriver's license. Source documents shall also include any documents required for the issuance[, renewal, or replacement] of driver's licenses or nondriver's licenses by the department of revenue under the provisions of this chapter or accompanying regulations.

6. Any person harmed or damaged by any violation of this section may bring a civil action for damages, including noneconomic and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief, in the circuit court where that person resided at the time of the violation or in the circuit court [or the circuit court] of Cole County to recover such damages from the department of revenue and any persons participating in such violation. Sovereign immunity shall not be available as a defense for the department of revenue in such an action. In the event the plaintiff prevails on any count of his or her claim, the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees from the defendants.

302.067. Any original or certified copy, if applicable, of a document presented by an applicant under this chapter and its accompanying regulations as proof of lawful presence or citizenship to the department of revenue to apply for a driver’s license, non-driver’s license or instruction permit shall not be required to be presented by the applicant for any subsequent new, renewal, or duplicate application, except:

(1) Documents demonstrating lawful presence of any applicant who is not a citizen of the United States, including documents demonstrating duration of the person's lawful presence in the United States, may be required to be presented upon each subsequent application;

(2) The department may require the documents to be presented if it is reasonably believed by the department that the prior driver's license or non-driver's license was issued as a result of a fraudulent act of the applicant; or

(3) Applicants applying for or renewing a commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit.

452.375. 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Coerce” means to persuade an unwilling person to do something by force or threats;

(2) "Custody" means joint legal custody, sole legal custody, joint physical custody or sole physical custody or any combination thereof;

[(2)] (3) "Joint legal custody" means that the parents share the decision-making rights, responsibilities, and authority relating to the health, education and welfare of the child, and, unless allocated, apportioned, or decreed, the parents shall confer with one another in the exercise of decision-making rights, responsibilities, and authority;

[(3)] (4) "Joint physical custody" means an order awarding each of the parents significant, but not necessarily equal, periods of time during which a child resides with or is under the care and supervision of each of the parents. Joint physical custody shall be shared by the parents in such a way as to assure the child of frequent, continuing and meaningful contact with both parents;

[(4)] (5) "Third-party custody" means a third party designated as a legal and physical custodian pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection 5 of this section.

2. The court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interests of the child. The court shall consider all relevant factors including:

(1) The wishes of the child's parents as to custody and the proposed parenting plan submitted by both parties;

(2) The needs of the child for a frequent, continuing and meaningful relationship with both parents and the ability and willingness of parents to actively perform their functions as mother and father for the needs of the child;

(3) The interaction and interrelationship of the child with parents, siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interests;

(4) Which parent is more likely to allow the child frequent, continuing and meaningful contact with the other parent;

(5) The child's adjustment to the child's home, school, and community;

(6) The mental and physical health of all individuals involved, including any history of abuse of any individuals involved. If the court finds that a pattern of domestic violence as defined in section 455.010 has occurred, and, if the court also finds that awarding custody to the abusive parent is in the best interest of the child, then the court shall enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law. Custody and visitation rights shall be ordered in a manner that best protects the child and any other child or children for whom the parent has custodial or visitation rights, and the parent or other family or household member who is the victim of domestic violence from any further harm;

(7) The intention of either parent to relocate the principal residence of the child; and

(8) The wishes of a child as to the child's custodian. The fact that a parent sends his or her child or children to a home school, as defined in section 167.031, shall not be the sole factor that a court considers in determining custody of such child or children.

3. (1) In any court proceedings relating to custody of a child, the court shall not award custody or unsupervised visitation of a child to a parent if such parent or any person residing with such parent has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, any of the following offenses when a child was the victim:

(a) A felony violation of section 566.030, 566.032, 566.040, 566.060, 566.062, 566.064, 566.067, 566.068, 566.070, 566.083, 566.090, 566.100, 566.111, 566.151, 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.212, or 566.215;

(b) A violation of section 568.020;

(d) A violation of section 568.065;

(e) A violation of section 568.080;

(f) A violation of section 568.090; or

(g) A violation of section 568.175.

(2) For all other violations of offenses in chapters 566 and 568 not specifically listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection or for a violation of an offense committed in another state when a child is the victim that would be a violation of chapter 566 or 568 if committed in Missouri, the court may exercise its discretion in awarding custody or visitation of a child to a parent if such parent or any person residing with such parent has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, any such offense.

4. The general assembly finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state that frequent, continuing and meaningful contact with both parents after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage is in the best interest of the child, except for cases where the court specifically finds that such contact is not in the best interest of the child, and that it is the public policy of this state to encourage parents to participate in decisions affecting the health, education and welfare of their children, and to resolve disputes involving their children amicably through alternative dispute resolution. In order to effectuate these policies, the court shall determine the custody arrangement which will best assure both parents participate in such decisions and have frequent, continuing and meaningful contact with their children so long as it is in the best interests of the child.

5. Prior to awarding the appropriate custody arrangement in the best interest of the child, the court shall consider each of the following as follows:

(1) Joint physical and joint legal custody to both parents, which shall not be denied solely for the reason that one parent opposes a joint physical and joint legal custody award. The residence of one of the parents shall be designated as the address of the child for mailing and educational purposes;

(2) Joint physical custody with one party granted sole legal custody. The residence of one of the parents shall be designated as the address of the child for mailing and educational purposes;

(3) Joint legal custody with one party granted sole physical custody;

(4) Sole custody to either parent; or

(5) Third-party custody or visitation:

(a) When the court finds that each parent is unfit, unsuitable, or unable to be a custodian, or the welfare of the child requires, and it is in the best interests of the child, then custody, temporary custody or visitation may be awarded to any other person or persons deemed by the court to be suitable and able to provide an adequate and stable environment for the child. Before the court awards custody, temporary custody or visitation to a third person under this subdivision, the court shall make that person a party to the action;

(b) Under the provisions of this subsection, any person may petition the court to intervene as a party in interest at any time as provided by supreme court rule.

6. If the parties have not agreed to a custodial arrangement, or the court determines such arrangement is not in the best interest of the child, the court shall include a written finding in the judgment or order based on the public policy in subsection 4 of this section and each of the factors listed in subdivisions (1) to (8) of subsection 2 of this section detailing the specific relevant factors that made a particular arrangement in the best interest of the child. If a proposed custodial arrangement is rejected by the court, the court shall include a written finding in the judgment or order detailing the specific relevant factors resulting in the rejection of such arrangement.

7. Upon a finding by the court that either parent has refused to exchange information with the other parent, which shall include but not be limited to information concerning the health, education and welfare of the child, the court shall order the parent to comply immediately and to pay the prevailing party a sum equal to the prevailing party's cost associated with obtaining the requested information, which shall include but not be limited to reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

8. As between the parents of a child, no preference may be given to either parent in the awarding of custody because of that parent's age, sex, or financial status, nor because of the age or sex of the child.

9. Any judgment providing for custody shall include a specific written parenting plan setting forth the terms of such parenting plan arrangements specified in subsection [7] 8 of section 452.310. Such plan may be a parenting plan submitted by the parties pursuant to section 452.310 or, in the absence thereof, a plan determined by the court, but in all cases, the custody plan approved and ordered by the court shall be in the court's discretion and shall be in the best interest of the child.

10. Unless a parent has been denied custody rights pursuant to this section or visitation rights under section 452.400, both parents shall have access to records and information pertaining to a minor child, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and school records. If the parent without custody has been granted restricted or supervised visitation because the court has found that the parent with custody or any child has been the victim of domestic violence, as defined in section 455.010, by the parent without custody, the court may order that the reports and records made available pursuant to this subsection not include the address of the parent with custody or the child. Unless a parent has been denied custody rights pursuant to this section or visitation rights under section 452.400, any judgment of dissolution or other applicable court order shall specifically allow both parents access to such records and reports.

11. Except as otherwise precluded by state or federal law, if any individual, professional, public or private institution or organization denies access or fails to provide or disclose any and all records and information, including, but not limited to, past and present dental, medical and school records pertaining to a minor child, to either parent upon the written request of such parent, the court shall, upon its finding that the individual, professional, public or private institution or organization denied such request without good cause, order that party to comply immediately with such request and to pay to the prevailing party all costs incurred, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees and court costs associated with obtaining the requested information. 12. An award of joint custody does not preclude an award of child support pursuant to section 452.340 and applicable supreme court rules. The court shall consider the factors contained in section 452.340 and applicable supreme court rules in determining an amount reasonable or necessary for the support of the child.

13. If the court finds that domestic violence or abuse, as defined in section 455.010 has occurred, the court shall make specific findings of fact to show that the custody or visitation arrangement ordered by the court best protects the child and the parent or other family or household member who is the victim of domestic violence or abuse, as defined in section 455.010, and any other children for whom such parent has custodial or visitation rights from any further harm.

14. If the court finds that a parent of a child, while the child was unborn, attempted to coerce the mother of the child to obtain an abortion, the court may deny custody to the parent.

452.400. 1. (1) A parent not granted custody of the child is entitled to reasonable visitation rights unless the court finds, after a hearing, that visitation would endanger the child's physical health or impair his or her emotional development. The court shall enter an order specifically detailing the visitation rights of the parent without physical custody rights to the child and any other children for whom such parent has custodial or visitation rights. In determining the granting of visitation rights, the court shall consider evidence of domestic violence. If the court finds that domestic violence has occurred, the court may find that granting visitation to the abusive party is in the best interests of the child.

(2) (a) The court shall not grant visitation to the parent not granted custody if such parent or any person residing with such parent has been found guilty of or pled guilty to any of the following offenses when a child was the victim:

a. A felony violation of section 566.030, 566.032, 566.040, 566.060, 566.062, 566.064, 566.067, 566.068, 566.070, 566.083, 566.090, 566.100, 566.111, 566.151, 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.212, or 566.215;

b. A violation of section 568.020;

c. A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 568.060;

d. A violation of section 568.065;

e. A violation of section 568.080;

f. A violation of section 568.090; or

g. A violation of section 568.175.

(b) For all other violations of offenses in chapters 566 and 568 not specifically listed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision or for a violation of an offense committed in another state when a child is the victim that would be a violation of chapter 566 or 568 if committed in Missouri, the court may exercise its discretion in granting visitation to a parent not granted custody if such parent or any person residing with such parent has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, any such offense.

(c) The court may exercise its discretion in granting visitation to a parent not granted custody if such parent, while the child was unborn, attempted to coerce the mother of the child to obtain an abortion.

(3) The court shall consider the parent's history of inflicting, or tendency to inflict, physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the fear of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault on other persons and shall grant visitation in a manner that best protects the child and the parent or other family or household member who is the victim of domestic violence, and any other children for whom the parent has custodial or visitation rights from any further harm.

(4) The court, if requested by a party, shall make specific findings of fact to show that the visitation arrangements made by the court best protect the child or the parent or other family or household member who is the victim of domestic violence, or any other child for whom the parent has custodial or visitation rights from any further harm.

2. (1) The court may modify an order granting or denying visitation rights whenever modification would serve the best interests of the child, but the court shall not restrict a parent's visitation rights unless it finds that the visitation would endanger the child's physical health or impair his or her emotional development.

(2) (a) In any proceeding modifying visitation rights, the court shall not grant unsupervised visitation to a parent if the parent or any person residing with such parent has been found guilty of or pled guilty to any of the following offenses when a child was the victim:

b. A violation of section 568.020;

c. A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 568.060;

d. A violation of section 568.065;

e. A violation of section 568.080;

f. A violation of section 568.090; or

g. A violation of section 568.175.

(b) For all other violations of offenses in chapters 566 and 568 not specifically listed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision or for a violation of an offense committed in another state when a child is the victim that would be a violation of chapter 566 or 568 if committed in Missouri, the division may exercise its discretion regarding the placement of a child taken into the custody of the state in which a parent or any person residing in the home has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, any such offense.

(3) When a court restricts a parent's visitation rights or when a court orders supervised visitation because of allegations of abuse or domestic violence, a showing of proof of treatment and rehabilitation shall be made to the court before unsupervised visitation may be ordered. "Supervised visitation", as used in this section, is visitation which takes place in the presence of a responsible adult appointed by the court for the protection of the child.

3. The court shall mandate compliance with its order by all parties to the action, including parents, children and third parties. In the event of noncompliance, the aggrieved person may file a verified motion for contempt. If custody, visitation or third-party custody is denied or interfered with by a parent or third party without good cause, the aggrieved person may file a family access motion with the court stating the specific facts which constitute a violation of the judgment of dissolution, legal separation or judgment of paternity. The state courts administrator shall develop a simple form for pro se motions to the aggrieved person, which shall be provided to the person by the circuit clerk. Clerks, under the supervision of a circuit clerk, shall explain to aggrieved parties the procedures for filing the form. Notice of the fact that clerks will provide such assistance shall be conspicuously posted in the clerk's offices. The location of the office where the family access motion may be filed shall be conspicuously posted in the court building. The performance of duties described in this section shall not constitute the practice of law as defined in section 484.010. Such form for pro se motions shall not require the assistance of legal counsel to prepare and file. The cost of filing the motion shall be the standard court costs otherwise due for instituting a civil action in the circuit court.

4. Within five court days after the filing of the family access motion pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons pursuant to applicable state law, and applicable local or supreme court rules. A copy of the motion shall be personally served upon the respondent by personal process server as provided by law or by any sheriff. Such service shall be served at the earliest time and shall take priority over service in other civil actions, except those of an emergency nature or those filed pursuant to chapter 455. The motion shall contain the following statement in boldface type:

"PURSUANT TO SECTION 452.400, RSMO, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THE CIRCUIT CLERK WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE DATE OF SERVICE. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE CIRCUIT CLERK MAY RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING:

(1) AN ORDER FOR A COMPENSATORY

PERIOD OF CUSTODY, VISITATION OR

THIRD-PARTY CUSTODY AT A TIME

CONVENIENT FOR THE AGGRIEVED

PARTY NOT LESS THAN THE PERIOD OF

TIME DENIED;

(2) PARTICIPATION BY THE VIOLATOR IN

COUNSELING TO EDUCATE THE

VIOLATOR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

PROVIDING THE CHILD WITH A

CONTINUING AND MEANINGFUL

RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH PARENTS;

(3) ASSESSMENT OF A FINE OF UP TO FIVE

HUNDRED DOLLARS AGAINST THE

VIOLATOR;

(4) REQUIRING THE VIOLATOR TO POST

BOND OR SECURITY TO ENSURE

FUTURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE

COURT'S ORDERS;

(5) ORDERING THE VIOLATOR TO PAY THE

COST OF COUNSELING TO REESTABLISH

THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THE AGGRIEVED PARTY AND

THE CHILD; AND

(6) A JUDGMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS

THAN THE REASONABLE EXPENSES,

INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES AND

COURT COSTS ACTUALLY INCURRED BY

THE AGGRIEVED PARTY AS A RESULT OF

THE DENIAL OF CUSTODY, VISITATION

OR THIRD-PARTY CUSTODY.".

5. If an alternative dispute resolution program is available pursuant to section 452.372, the clerk shall also provide information to all parties on the availability of any such services, and within fourteen days of the date of service, the court may schedule alternative dispute resolution. 6. Upon a finding by the court pursuant to a motion for a family access order or a motion for contempt that its order for custody, visitation or third-party custody has not been complied with, without good cause, the court shall order a remedy, which may include, but not be limited to:

(1) A compensatory period of visitation, custody or third-party custody at a time convenient for the aggrieved party not less than the period of time denied;

(2) Participation by the violator in counseling to educate the violator about the importance of providing the child with a continuing and meaningful relationship with both parents;

(3) Assessment of a fine of up to five hundred dollars against the violator payable to the aggrieved party;

(4) Requiring the violator to post bond or security to ensure future compliance with the court's access orders; and

(5) Ordering the violator to pay the cost of counseling to reestablish the parent-child relationship between the aggrieved party and the child.

7. The reasonable expenses incurred as a result of denial or interference with custody or visitation, including attorney's fees and costs of a proceeding to enforce visitation rights, custody or third-party custody, shall be assessed, if requested and for good cause, against the parent or party who unreasonably denies or interferes with visitation, custody or third-party custody. In addition, the court may utilize any and all powers relating to contempt conferred on it by law or rule of the Missouri supreme court.

8. Final disposition of a motion for a family access order filed pursuant to this section shall take place not more than sixty days after the service of such motion, unless waived by the parties or determined to be in the best interest of the child. Final disposition shall not include appellate review.

9. Motions filed pursuant to this section shall not be deemed an independent civil action from the original action pursuant to which the judgment or order sought to be enforced was entered.

452.556. 1. The state courts administrator shall create a handbook or be responsible for the approval of a handbook outlining the following:

(1) What is included in a parenting plan;

(2) The benefits of the parties agreeing to a parenting plan which outlines education, custody and cooperation between parents;

(3) The benefits of alternative dispute resolution;

(4) The pro se family access motion for enforcement of custody or temporary physical custody;

(5) The underlying assumptions for supreme court rules relating to child support; and

(6) A party's duties and responsibilities pursuant to section 452.377, including the possible consequences of not complying with section 452.377. The handbooks shall be distributed to each court and shall be available in an alternative format, including Braille, large print, or electronic or audio format upon request by a person with a disability, as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

2. Each court shall [mail] provide a copy of the handbook developed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section to each party in a dissolution or legal separation action filed pursuant to section 452.310, or any proceeding in modification thereof, where minor children are involved, or may provide the petitioner with a copy of the handbook at the time the petition is filed and direct that a copy of the handbook be served along with the petition and summons upon the respondent.

3. The court shall make the handbook available to interested state agencies and members of the public.

453.015. As used in sections 453.010 to 453.400, the following terms mean:

(1) “Coerce”, to persuade an unwilling person to do something by force or threats;

(2) "Minor" or "child", any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years or any person in the custody of the division of family services who has not attained the age of twenty-one;

[(2)] (3) "Parent", a birth parent or parents of a child, including the putative father of the child, as well as the husband of a birth mother at the time the child was conceived, or a parent or parents of a child by adoption. The putative father shall have no legal relationship unless he has acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting his paternity;

[(3)] (4) "Putative father", the alleged or presumed father of a child including a person who has filed a notice of intent to claim paternity with the putative father registry established in section 192.016 and a person who has filed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 193.087; and

[(4)] (5) "Stepparent", the spouse of a biological or adoptive parent. The term does not include the state if the child is a ward of the state. The term does not include a person whose parental rights have been terminated.

453.040. The consent to the adoption of a child is not required of:

(1) A parent whose rights with reference to the child have been terminated pursuant to law, including section 211.444 or section 211.447 or other similar laws in other states;

(2) A parent of a child who has legally consented to a future adoption of the child;

(3) A parent whose identity is unknown and cannot be ascertained at the time of the filing of the petition;

(4) A man who has not been established to be the father and who is not presumed by law to be the father, and who, after the conception of the child, executes a verified statement denying paternity and disclaiming any interest in the child and acknowledging that this statement is irrevocable when executed and follows the consent as set forth in section 453.030;

(5) A parent or other person who has not executed a consent and who, after proper service of process, fails to file an answer or make an appearance in a proceeding for adoption or for termination of parental rights at the time such cause is heard;

(6) A parent who has a mental condition which is shown by competent evidence either to be permanent or such that there is no reasonable likelihood that the condition can be reversed and which renders the parent unable to knowingly provide the child the necessary care, custody and control;

(7) A parent who has for a period of at least six months, for a child one year of age or older, or at least sixty days, for a child under one year of age, immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption, willfully abandoned the child or, for a period of at least six months immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption, willfully, substantially and continuously neglected to provide him with necessary care and protection;

(8) A man who has reason to believe he is the biological father of an unborn child and who attempted to coerce the mother of the child to obtain an abortion;

(9) A parent whose rights to the child may be terminated for any of the grounds set forth in section 211.447 and whose rights have been terminated after hearing and proof of such grounds as required by sections 211.442 to 211.487. Such petition for termination may be filed as a count in an adoption petition.

453.110. 1. No person, agency, organization or institution shall surrender custody of a minor child, or transfer the custody of such a child to another, and no person, agency, organization or institution shall take possession or charge of a minor child so transferred, without first having filed a petition before the circuit court sitting as a juvenile court of the county where the child may be, praying that such surrender or transfer may be made, and having obtained such an order from such court approving or ordering transfer of custody.

2. If any filing is made late or such surrender or transfer is made without first obtaining such an order or compliance with subsection 5 of this section, such court shall, on petition of any public official or interested person, agency, organization or institution, order an investigation and report as described in section 453.070 to be completed by the division of family services and shall make such order as to the custody of such child in the best interest of such child.

3. Any person violating the terms of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.

4. The investigation required by subsection 2 of this section shall be initiated by the children’s division [of family services] within forty-eight hours of the filing of the court order requesting the investigation and report and shall be completed within thirty days. The court shall order the person having custody in violation of the provisions of this section to pay the costs of the investigation and report.

5. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any parent, agency, organization or institution from placing a child with another individual for care if the right to supervise the care of the child and to resume custody thereof is retained, to prohibit a parent from placing a child with another individual for care as part of a preadoption placement with said individual if the right to supervise the care of the child and to resume custody thereof is retained until superceded by any court order regarding the legal or physical custody of the child, or from placing a child with a licensed foster home within the state under proper power of attorney through a child-placing agency licensed by this state as part of a preadoption placement.

6. After the filing of a petition for the transfer of custody for the purpose of adoption, the court may enter an order of transfer of custody if the court finds all of the following:

(1) A family assessment has been made as required in section 453.070 and has been reviewed by the court;

(2) A recommendation has been made by the guardian ad litem;

(3) A petition for transfer of custody for adoption has been properly filed or an order terminating parental rights has been properly filed;

(4) The financial affidavit has been filed as required under section 453.075;

(5) The written report regarding the child who is the subject of the petition containing the information has been submitted as required by section 453.026;

(6) Compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, if applicable; [and]

(7) Compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children pursuant to section 210.620; and

(8) The parties have notified the court of any persons not a party to the adoption who have physical custody or claim to have the right of legal custody, physical custody, or visitation rights with respect to the minor child; of any other legal proceedings concerning the minor child; and have affirmed a continuing duty to inform the court of any proceeding in this or any other state that could affect the current proceeding.

7. A hearing on the transfer of custody for the purpose of adoption is not required if:

(1) The conditions set forth in subsection 6 of this section are met;

(2) The parties agree and the court grants leave; and

(3) Parental rights have been terminated pursuant to section 211.444 or 211.447.

453.700. 1. Only the children’s division, an attorney licensed to practice law, or a child placing agency licensed under the laws of the state of Missouri may place or cause to be placed an advertisement or listing of the attorney’s or agency’s telephone number or other contact information in a telephone directory or other advertising distributed within the state of Missouri that states or implies that:

(1) A child is offered or wanted for adoption; or

(2) The attorney or agency is able to place, locate, or receive a child for adoption.

2. An attorney or child placing agency that advertises in Missouri may place or cause to be placed an advertisement or listing described in subsection 1 of this section only if the advertisement or contact information contains the following:

(1) For an attorney licensed to practice law in Missouri, the attorney’s current bar number. However, an attorney listing in a telephone directory or other listing under an adoption or adoption-related category that only provides the attorney’s name, address, and telephone number need not include the attorney’s bar number;

(2) For a child placing agency licensed under the laws of Missouri, the licensure number on the child placing agency license. However, an agency listing in a telephone directory or other listing under an adoption or adoption-related category that only provides the agency’s name, address, and telephone number need not include the agency’s licensure number.

3. A person who knowingly or intentionally violates the terms of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

455.007. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the public interest exception to the mootness doctrine shall apply to an appeal of a full order of protection which[:

(1)] has expired[; and

(2) Subjects the person against whom such order is issued to significant collateral consequences by the mere existence of such full order of protection after its expiration].

456.950. 1. As used in this section, "qualified spousal trust" means a trust:

(1) The settlors of which are husband and wife at the time of the creation of the trust; and

(2) The terms of which provide that during the joint lives of the settlors all property or interests in property transferred to, or held by, the trustee are:

(a) Held and administered in one trust for the benefit of both settlors, revocable by either or both settlors acting together while either or both are alive, and each settlor having the right to receive distributions of income or principal, whether mandatory or within the discretion of the trustee, from the entire trust for the joint lives of the settlors and for the survivor's life; or

(b) Held and administered in two separate shares of one trust for the benefit of each of the settlors, with the trust revocable by each settlor with respect to that settlor's separate share of that trust without the participation or consent of the other settlor, and each settlor having the right to receive distributions of income or principal, whether mandatory or within the discretion of the trustee, from that settlor's separate share for that settlor's life; or

2. A qualified spousal trust may contain any other trust terms that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

3. Any property or interests in property [held as tenants by the entirety by a husband and wife] that [is] are at any time transferred to the trustee of a qualified spousal trust of which the husband and wife are the settlors, shall thereafter be [held and] administered as provided by the trust terms in accordance with paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section[, and all such] . All trust property and interests in property deemed for purposes of this section to be held as tenants by the entirety, including the proceeds thereof, the income thereon, and any property into which such property, proceeds, or income may be converted, shall [thereafter] have the same immunity from the claims of the separate creditors of the settlors as would have existed if the settlors had continued to hold that property as husband and wife as tenants by the entirety. Property or interests in property held by a husband and wife as tenants by the entirety or as joint tenants or other form of joint ownership with right of survivorship shall be conclusively deemed for purposes of this section to be held as tenants by the entirety upon its transfer to the qualified spousal trust. All such transfers shall retain said immunity, so long as:

(1) Both settlors are alive and remain married; and

(2) The property, proceeds, or income continue to be held in trust by the trustee of the qualified spousal trust.

4. Property or interests in property held by a husband and wife or held in the sole name of a husband or wife that [is] are not held as tenants by the entirety or deemed held as tenants by the entirety for purposes of this section and [is] are transferred to a qualified spousal trust shall be held as directed in the qualified spousal trust's governing instrument or in the instrument of transfer and the rights of any claimant to any interest in that property shall not be affected by this section.

5. Upon the death of each settlor, all property and interests in property held by the trustee of the qualified spousal trust shall be distributed as directed by the then current terms of the governing instrument of such trust. Upon the death of the first settlor to die, if immediately prior to death the predeceased settlor's interest in the qualified spousal trust was then held in such settlor's separate share, the property or interests in property in such settlor's separate share may pass into an irrevocable trust for the benefit of the surviving settlor upon such terms as the governing instrument shall direct, including without limitation a spendthrift provision as provided in section 456.5-502.

6. No transfer by a husband and wife as settlors to a qualified spousal trust shall affect or change either settlor's marital property rights to the transferred property or interest therein immediately prior to such transfer in the event of dissolution of marriage of the spouses, unless both spouses otherwise expressly agree in writing.

7. This section shall apply to all trusts which fulfill the criteria set forth in this section for a qualified spousal trust regardless of whether such trust was created before or after August 28, 2011.

456.2-205. 1. Subject to the exception in subsection 2 of this section, a provision in a trust instrument requiring the mediation or arbitration of disputes between or among the beneficiaries, a fiduciary, a person granted nonfiduciary powers under the trust instrument, or any combination of such persons is enforceable.

2. A provision in a trust instrument requiring the mediation or arbitration of disputes relating to the validity of a trust is not enforceable unless all interested persons with regard to the dispute consent to the mediation or arbitration of the dispute.

456.4-420. 1. If a trust instrument containing a no-contest clause is or has become irrevocable, an interested person may file a petition to the court for an interlocutory determination whether a particular motion, petition, or other claim for relief by the interested person would trigger application of the no-contest clause or would otherwise trigger a forfeiture that is enforceable under applicable law and public policy.

2. The petition described in subsection 1 of this section shall be verified under oath. The petition may be filed by an interested person either as a separate judicial proceeding, or brought with other claims for relief in a single judicial proceeding, all in the manner prescribed generally for such proceedings under this chapter. If a petition is joined with other claims for relief, the court shall enter its order or judgment on the petition before proceeding any further with any other claim for relief joined therein. In ruling on such a petition, the court shall consider the text of the clause, the context to the terms of the trust instrument as a whole, and in the context of the verified factual allegations in the petition. No evidence beyond the pleadings and the trust instrument shall be taken except as required to resolve an ambiguity in the no-contest clause.

3. An order or judgment determining a petition described in subsection 1 of this section shall have the effect set forth in subsections 4 and 5 of this section, and shall be subject to appeal as with other final judgments. If the order disposes of fewer than all claims for relief in a judicial proceeding, that order is subject to interlocutory appeal in accordance with the applicable rules for taking such an appeal. If an interlocutory appeal is taken, the court may stay the pending judicial proceeding until final disposition of said appeal on such terms and conditions as the court deems reasonable and proper under the circumstances. A final ruling on the applicability of a no-contest clause shall not preclude any later filing and adjudication of other claims related to the trust.

4. An order or judgment, in whole or in part, on a petition described in subsection 1 of this section shall result in the no-contest clause being enforceable to the extent of the court's ruling and shall govern application of the no-contest clause to the extent that the interested person then proceeds forward with the claims described therein. In the event such an interlocutory order or judgment is vacated, reversed, or otherwise modified on appeal, no interested person shall be prejudiced by any reliance, through action, inaction, or otherwise on the order or judgment prior to final disposition of the appeal.

5. An order or judgment shall have effect only as to the specific trust terms and factual basis recited in the petition. If claims are later filed that are materially different than those upon which the order or judgment is based, then to the extent such new claims are raised, the party in whose favor the order or judgment was entered shall have no protection from enforcement of the no-contest clause otherwise afforded by the order and judgment entered under this section.

6. For purposes of this section, a "no-contest clause" shall mean a provision in a trust instrument purporting to rescind a donative transfer to, or a fiduciary appointment of, any person or that otherwise effects a forfeiture of some or all of an interested person's beneficial interest in a trust estate as a result of some action taken by the beneficiary. This definition shall not be construed in any way as determining whether a no-contest clause is enforceable under applicable law and public policy in a particular factual situation. As used in this section, the term "no-contest clause" shall also mean an "in terrorem clause".

7. A no-contest clause is not enforceable against an interested person in, but not limited to, the following circumstances:

(1) Filing a motion, petition, or other claim for relief objecting to the jurisdiction or venue of the court over a proceeding concerning a trust or over any person joined or attempted to be joined in such a proceeding;

(2) Filing a motion, petition, or other claim for relief concerning an accounting, report, or notice that has or should have been made by a trustee, provided the interested person otherwise has standing to do so under applicable law including, but not limited to, section 456.6-603;

(3) Filing a motion, petition, or other claim for relief under chapter 475 concerning the appointment of a guardian or conservator for the settlor;

(4) Filing a motion, petition, or other claim for relief under chapter 404 concerning the settlor;

(5) Disclosure to any person of information concerning a trust instrument or that is relevant to a proceeding before the court concerning the trust instrument or property of the trust estate, unless such disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law;

(6) Filing a motion, pleading, or other claim for relief seeking approval of a nonjudicial settlement agreement concerning a trust instrument, as set forth in section 456.1-111;

(7) To the extent a petition under subsection 1 of this section is limited to the procedure and purpose described therein.

8. In any proceeding brought under this section, the court may award costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees to any party as provided in section 456.10-1004.

456.8-818. A trustee's engagement of an attorney for any purpose shall afford all of the protection of the attorney-client privilege as that privilege has been developed and defined in this state. The attorney's client shall be deemed to be the trustee exclusively. No exception to the privilege shall be allowed based on whether the attorney's services are utilized in the administration of a trust or otherwise, but all other exceptions to the privilege recognized by law shall remain applicable if warranted by the evidence.

474.395. 1. If a will contains a no-contest clause, an interested person may file a petition with the court for a determination whether a particular motion, petition, action, or other claim for relief by the interested person would trigger application of the no-contest clause or would otherwise trigger a forfeiture that is enforceable under applicable law and public policy, which application would be adjudicated in the manner prescribed in section 456.4-420, and subject to the provisions set forth therein.

2. For purposes of this section, a "no-contest clause" shall mean a provision in a will purporting to rescind a donative transfer to, or a fiduciary appointment of, any person who institutes a proceeding challenging the validity of all or part of the will or that otherwise effects a forfeiture of some or all of an interested person's beneficial interest in the estate as a result of some action taken by the beneficiary. This definition shall not be construed in any way as determining whether a no-contest clause is enforceable under applicable law and public policy in a particular factual situation. As used in this section, the term “no-contest clause” shall also mean an "in terrorem clause".

475.072. By January 1, 2015, the Missouri supreme court shall develop a form petition for the appointment of a guardian for a minor to be used in uncontested guardianship cases. The form petition shall meet all the requirements of subsection 1 of section 475.060.

476.085. The St. Louis County Bar Association shall consult with the judges of the twenty-first judicial circuit and the St. Louis County chief of police to establish a more safe and efficient method for attorneys and employees of the circuit clerk to enter the St. Louis County Courthouse and the St. Louis County Justice Center. Six months after the passage of this section, the St. Louis County Bar Association shall present a report to the St. Louis County Council including its research findings and recommendations.

478.437. 1. The circuit court of the county of St. Louis, comprising circuit number twenty-one, shall be composed of nineteen divisions and nineteen judges and each of the judges shall separately try causes, exercise the powers and perform all the duties imposed upon circuit judges.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 478.320 to the contrary, if the circuit court of St. Louis County is awarded additional associate circuit judge positions in 2014 in accordance with subsections 1 and 2 of section 478.320, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge position and one additional circuit judge position in lieu of the additional associate circuit judge positions awarded under subsections 1 and 2 of section 478.320.

478.610. 1. There shall be three circuit judges in the thirteenth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Boone and Callaway. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two and three. Beginning on January 1, 2007, there shall be four circuit judges in the thirteenth judicial circuit and these judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three, and four. 2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judges in divisions one and three shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division four shall be elected in 2006 for a two-year term and thereafter in 2008 for a full six-year term.

3. [The authority for a majority of judges of the thirteenth judicial circuit to appoint or retain a commissioner pursuant to section 478.003 shall expire August 28, 2001. As of such date,] Beginning August 28, 2001, there shall be one more additional associate circuit judge position in Boone County than is provided pursuant to section 478.320.

478.740. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 478.320 to the contrary, if the thirty-eighth judicial circuit is awarded an additional associate circuit judge position in 2014 in accordance with subsections 1 and 2 of section 478.320, there shall be one additional circuit judge position in lieu of the additional associate circuit judge position awarded under subsections 1 and 2 of section 478.320. Such additional circuit judge position shall be in addition to the number of circuit judge and associate circuit judge positions in existence in the thirty-eighth judicial circuit on the effective date of this section, with at least one circuit judge appointed for Taney County and at least one circuit judge appointed for Christian County.

488.026. As provided by section 56.807, there shall be assessed and collected a surcharge of four dollars against any person who has pled guilty of a violation and paid a fine through a fine collection center and in all criminal cases filed in the courts of this state, including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including infractions, but no such surcharge shall be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court [or against any person who has pled guilty and paid their fine pursuant to subsection 4 of section 476.385]. For purposes of this section, the term "county ordinance" shall include any ordinance of the city of St. Louis. The clerk responsible for collecting court costs in criminal cases shall collect and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. Such funds shall be payable to the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund.

488.2240. 1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any home rule city with more than one hundred fifty-five thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to ten dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.

2. Such cost shall be collected by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs only for the land assemblage and purchase, construction, maintenance, and upkeep of a municipal courthouse. The costs collected may be pledged to directly or indirectly secure bonds for the cost of land assemblage and purchase, construction, maintenance, and upkeep of the courthouse.

488.2245. 1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any home rule city with more than fifty-two thousand but fewer than sixty-four thousand inhabitants and located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to ten dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.

516.140. Within two years: An action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment, criminal conversation, malicious prosecution or actions brought under section 290.140. An action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation, and for the recovery of any amount under and by virtue of the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and amendments thereto, such act being an act of Congress, shall be brought within two years after the cause accrued.

516.350. 1. Every judgment, order or decree of any court of record of the United States, or of this or any other state, territory or country, except for any judgment, order, or decree awarding child support or maintenance or dividing pension, retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefits in connection with a dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment which mandates the making of payments over a period of time or payments in the future, shall be presumed to be paid and satisfied after the expiration of ten years from the date of the original rendition thereof, or if the same has been revived upon personal service duly had upon the defendant or defendants therein, then after ten years from and after such revival, or in case a payment has been made on such judgment, order or decree, and duly entered upon the record thereof, after the expiration of ten years from the last payment so made, and after the expiration of ten years from the date of the original rendition or revival upon personal service, or from the date of the last payment, such judgment shall be conclusively presumed to be paid, and no execution, order or process shall issue thereon, nor shall any suit be brought, had or maintained thereon for any purpose whatever. An action to emancipate a child, and any personal service or order rendered thereon, shall not act to revive the support order.

2. In any judgment, order, or decree awarding child support or maintenance, each periodic payment shall be presumed paid and satisfied after the expiration of ten years from the date that periodic payment is due, unless the judgment has been otherwise revived as set out in subsection 1 of this section. This subsection shall take effect as to all such judgments, orders, or decrees which have not been presumed paid pursuant to subsection 1 of this section as of August 31, 1982.

3. In any judgment, order, or decree dividing pension, retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefits in connection with a dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment, each periodic payment shall be presumed paid and satisfied after the expiration of ten years from the date that periodic payment is due, unless the judgment has been otherwise revived as set out in subsection 1 of this section. This subsection shall take effect as to all such judgments, orders, or decrees which have not been presumed paid pursuant to subsection 1 of this section as of August 28, 2001.

4. In any judgment, order or decree awarding child support or maintenance, payment duly entered on the record as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall include recording of payments or credits in the automated child support system created pursuant to chapter 454 by the division of child support enforcement or payment center pursuant to chapter 454.

5. Any judgment, order, or decree awarding unpaid rent may be revived upon publication consistent with the publication requirements of section 506.160 and need not be personally served on the defendant.

536.010. For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) "Affected small business" or "affects small business" means any potential or actual requirement imposed upon a small business or minority small business through a state agency's proposed or adopted rule that will cause direct and significant economic burden upon a small business or minority small business, or that is directly related to the formation, operation, or expansion of a small business;

(2) "Agency" means any administrative officer or body existing under the constitution or by law and authorized by law or the constitution to make rules or to adjudicate contested cases, except those in the legislative or judicial branches;

(3) "Board" means the small business regulatory fairness board, except when the word is used in section 536.100;

(4) "Contested case" means a proceeding before an agency in which legal rights, duties or privileges of specific parties are required by law to be determined after hearing;

(5) The term "decision" includes decisions and orders whether negative or affirmative in form;

(6) "Rule" means each agency statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or that describes the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of any agency. The term includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule, but does not include:

(a) A statement concerning only the internal management of an agency and which does not substantially affect the legal rights of, or procedures available to, the public or any segment thereof;

(b) A declaratory ruling issued pursuant to section 536.050, or an interpretation issued by an agency with respect to a specific set of facts and intended to apply only to that specific set of facts;

(c) An intergovernmental, interagency, or intraagency memorandum, directive, manual or other communication which does not substantially affect the legal rights of, or procedures available to, the public or any segment thereof;

(d) A determination, decision, or order in a contested case;

(e) An opinion of the attorney general;

(f) Those portions of staff manuals, instructions or other statements issued by an agency which set forth criteria or guidelines to be used by its staff in auditing, in making inspections, in settling commercial disputes or negotiating commercial arrangements, or in the selection or handling of cases, such as operational tactics or allowable tolerances or criteria for the defense, prosecution, or settlement of cases, when the disclosure of such statements would enable law violators to avoid detection, facilitate disregard of requirements imposed by law, or give a clearly improper advantage to persons who are in an adverse position to the state;

(g) A specification of the prices to be charged for goods or services sold by an agency as distinguished from a license fee, or other fees;

(h) A statement concerning only the physical servicing, maintenance or care of publicly owned or operated facilities or property;

(i) A statement relating to the use of a particular publicly owned or operated facility or property, the substance of which is indicated to the public by means of signs or signals;

(j) A decision by an agency not to exercise a discretionary power;

(k) Except for statements concerning the execution of inmates, a statement concerning only inmates of an institution under the control of the department of corrections and human resources or the division of youth services, students enrolled in an educational institution, or clients of a health care facility, when issued by such an agency;

(l) Statements or requirements establishing the conditions under which persons may participate in exhibitions, fairs or similar activities, managed by the state or an agency of the state;

(m) Income tax or sales forms, returns and instruction booklets prepared by the state department of revenue for distribution to taxpayers for use in preparing tax returns;

(7) "Small business" means a for-profit enterprise consisting of fewer than one hundred full- or part-time employees;

(8) "State agency" means each board, commission, department, officer or other administrative office or unit of the state other than the general assembly, the courts, the governor, or a political subdivision of the state, existing under the constitution or statute, and authorized by the constitution or statute to make rules or to adjudicate contested cases.

537.602. 1. As used in this section the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Community service work", any work which is performed without compensation and is required in exchange for deferred prosecution of any criminal charge by any federal, state, or local prosecutor under a written agreement;

(2) "Entity", includes any person, for-profit or not-for-profit business, agency, group, charity, organization, or any unit of federal, state, or local government or any of their employees.

2. Any entity which supervises community service work performed as a requirement for deferment of any criminal charge under a written agreement with a federal, state, or local prosecutor, or any entity which derives benefits from the performance of community service work shall be immune from any suit by the person performing the community service work or by any person deriving a cause of action from the person performing the community service work if that cause of action arises from the supervision of the work performed, except that the entity supervising the work shall not be immune from any suit for gross negligence or for an intentional tort.

3. Community service work shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 288 and a person performing community service work under the provisions of this section shall not be deemed an employee within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 287.

546.720. 1. The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be by the administration of lethal gas or by means of the administration of lethal injection. And for such purpose the director of the department of corrections is hereby authorized and directed to provide a suitable and efficient room or place, enclosed from public view, within the walls of a correctional facility of the department of corrections, and the necessary appliances for carrying into execution the death penalty by means of the administration of lethal gas or by means of the administration of lethal injection.

2. The director of the department of corrections shall select an execution team which shall consist of those persons who administer lethal gas or lethal chemicals and those persons, such as medical personnel, who provide direct support for the administration of lethal gas or lethal chemicals. The identities of members of the execution team, as defined in the execution protocol of the department of corrections, shall be kept confidential. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any portion of a record that could identify a person as being a current or former member of an execution team shall be privileged and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for disclosure to any person or entity, the remainder of such record shall not be privileged or closed unless protected from disclosure by law. The section of an execution protocol that directly relates to the administration of lethal gas or lethal chemicals is an open record, the remainder of any execution protocol of the department of corrections is a closed record.

3. A person may not, without the approval of the director of the department of corrections, knowingly disclose the identity of a current or former member of an execution team or disclose a record knowing that it could identify a person as being a current or former member of an execution team. Any person whose identity is disclosed in violation of this section shall:

(1) Have a civil cause of action against a person who violates this section;

(2) Be entitled to recover from any such person:

(a) Actual damages; and

(b) Punitive damages on a showing of a willful violation of this section.

4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a member of the execution team is licensed by a board or department, the licensing board or department shall not censure, reprimand, suspend, revoke, or take any other disciplinary action against the person's license because of his or her participation in a lawful execution. All members of the execution team are entitled to coverage under the state legal expense fund established by section 105.711 for conduct of such execution team member arising out of and performed in connection with his or her official duties on behalf of the state or any agency of the state, provided that moneys in this fund shall not be available for payment of claims under chapter 287.

5. The department of corrections shall promulgate rules to administer the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.

574.160. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful funeral protest if he or she pickets or engages in other protest activities within three hundred feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue, or other establishment during or within one hour before or one hour after the conducting of any actual funeral or burial service at that place.

2. For purposes of this section, "other protest activities" means any action that is disruptive or undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.

3. For purposes of this section, "funeral" and "burial service" mean the ceremonies and memorial services held in conjunction with the burial or cremation of the dead, but this section does not apply to processions while they are in transit beyond any three-hundred-foot zone that is established under subsection 1 of this section.

4. The offense of unlawful funeral protest is a class B misdemeanor, unless committed by a person who has previously been found guilty of a violation of this section, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor.

575.153. 1. A person commits the crime of disarming a peace officer, as defined in section [590.100] 590.010, or a correctional officer if such person intentionally:

(1) Removes a firearm [or other] , deadly weapon, or less-lethal weapon, to include blunt impact, chemical or conducted energy devices, used in the performance of his or her official duties from the person of a peace officer or correctional officer while such officer is acting within the scope of his or her official duties; or

(2) Deprives a peace officer or correctional officer of such officer's use of a firearm [or] , deadly weapon, or any other equipment described in subdivision (1) of this subsection while the officer is acting within the scope of his or her official duties.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply when:

(1) The defendant does not know or could not reasonably have known that the person he or she disarmed was a peace officer or correctional officer; or

(2) The peace officer or correctional officer was engaged in an incident involving felonious conduct by the peace officer or correctional officer at the time the defendant disarmed such officer.

3. Disarming a peace officer or correctional officer is a class C felony.

632.480. As used in sections 632.480 to 632.513, the following terms mean:

(1) "Agency with jurisdiction", the department of corrections or the department of mental health;

(2) "Mental abnormality", a congenital or acquired condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity which predisposes the person to commit sexually violent offenses in a degree constituting such person a menace to the health and safety of others;

(3) "Predatory", acts directed towards individuals, including family members, for the primary purpose of victimization;

(4) "Sexually violent offense", the felonies of rape in the first degree, forcible rape, rape, statutory rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, forcible sodomy, sodomy, statutory sodomy in the first degree, or an attempt to commit any of the preceding crimes, or child molestation in the first or second degree, sexual abuse, sexual abuse in the first degree, rape in the second degree, sexual assault, sexual assault in the first degree, sodomy in the second degree, deviate sexual assault, deviate sexual assault in the first degree, or the act of abuse of a child involving either sexual contact, a prohibited sexual act, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a minor, or any felony offense that contains elements substantially similar to the offenses listed above;

(5) "Sexually violent predator", any person who suffers from a mental abnormality which makes the person more likely than not to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence if not confined in a secure facility and who:

(a) Has pled guilty or been found guilty in this state or any other jurisdiction, or been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 552.030, of a sexually violent offense; or

(b) Has been committed as a criminal sexual psychopath pursuant to section 632.475 and statutes in effect before August 13, 1980.

632.483. 1. When it appears that a person may meet the criteria of a sexually violent predator, the agency with jurisdiction shall give written notice of such to the attorney general and the multidisciplinary team established in subsection 4 of this section. Written notice shall be given:

(1) Within three hundred sixty days prior to the anticipated release from a correctional center of the department of corrections of a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, except that in the case of persons who are returned to prison for no more than one hundred eighty days as a result of revocation of postrelease supervision, written notice shall be given as soon as practicable following the person's readmission to prison;

(2) At any time prior to the release of a person who has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually violent offense; or

(3) At any time prior to the release of a person who was committed as a criminal sexual psychopath pursuant to section 632.475 and statutes in effect before August 13, 1980.

2. The agency with jurisdiction shall provide the attorney general and the multidisciplinary team established in subsection 4 of this section with the following:

(1) The person's name, identifying factors, anticipated future residence and offense history;

(2) Documentation of institutional adjustment and any treatment received or refused, including the Missouri sexual offender program; and

(3) A determination by either a psychiatrist or a psychologist as defined in section 632.005 as to whether the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator.

3. The agency with jurisdiction, its employees, officials, members of the multidisciplinary team established in subsection 4 of this section, members of the prosecutor's review committee appointed as provided in subsection 5 of this section and individuals contracting or appointed to perform services hereunder shall be immune from liability for any conduct performed in good faith and without gross negligence pursuant to the provisions of sections 632.480 to 632.513.

4. The director of the department of mental health and the director of the department of corrections shall establish a multidisciplinary team consisting of no more than seven members, at least one from the department of corrections and the department of mental health, and which may include individuals from other state agencies to review available records of each person referred to such team pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. The team, within thirty days of receiving notice, shall assess whether or not the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator. The team shall notify the attorney general of its assessment.

5. The prosecutors coordinators training council established pursuant to section 56.760 shall appoint a five-member prosecutors' review committee composed of a cross section of county prosecutors from urban and rural counties. No more than three shall be from urban counties, and one member shall be the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person was convicted or committed pursuant to chapter 552, if the conviction was in this state. The committee shall review the records of each person referred to the attorney general pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. The prosecutors' review committee shall make a determination of whether or not the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator. The determination of the prosecutors' review committee or any member pursuant to this section or section 632.484 shall not be admissible evidence in any proceeding to prove whether or not the person is a sexually violent predator. The assessment of the multidisciplinary team shall be made available to the attorney general and the prosecutors' review committee.

632.484. 1. When the attorney general receives written notice from any law enforcement agency that a person, who has pled guilty to or been convicted of a sexually violent offense and who is not presently in the physical custody of an agency with jurisdiction has committed a recent overt act, the attorney general may file a petition for detention and evaluation with the probate division of the court in which the person was convicted, or committed pursuant to chapter 552, alleging the respondent may meet the definition of a sexually violent predator and should be detained for evaluation for a period of up to nine days. If the person was convicted in another jurisdiction and the recent overt act was committed in this state, the attorney general may file the petition for detention and evaluation with the probate division of the court in the county of this state where the overt act was committed. The written notice shall include the previous conviction record of the person, a description of the recent overt act, if applicable, and any other evidence which tends to show the person to be a sexually violent predator. The attorney general shall provide notice of the petition to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the petition was filed.

2. Upon a determination by the court that the person may meet the definition of a sexually violent predator, the court shall order the detention and transport of such person to a secure facility to be determined by the department of mental health. The attorney general shall immediately give written notice of such to the department of mental health.

3. Upon receiving physical custody of the person and written notice pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, the department of mental health shall, through either a psychiatrist or psychologist as defined in section 632.005, make a determination whether or not the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator. The department of mental health shall, within seven days of receiving physical custody of the person, provide the attorney general with a written report of the results of its investigation and evaluation. The attorney general shall provide any available records of the person that are retained by the department of corrections to the department of mental health for the purposes of this section. If the department of mental health is unable to make a determination within seven days, the attorney general may request an additional detention of ninety-six hours from the court for good cause shown.

4. If the department determines that the person may meet the definition of a sexually violent predator, the attorney general shall provide the results of the investigation and evaluation to the prosecutors' review committee. The prosecutors' review committee shall, by majority vote, determine whether or not the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator within twenty-four hours of written notice from the attorney general's office. If the prosecutors' review committee determines that the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, the prosecutors' review committee shall provide written notice to the attorney general of its determination. The attorney general may file a petition pursuant to section 632.486 within forty-eight hours after obtaining the results from the department.

5. For the purposes of this section "recent overt act" means any act that creates a reasonable apprehension of harm of a sexually violent nature.

632.520. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) “Employee of the department of mental health”, a person who is an employee of the department of mental health, an employee or contracted employee of a subcontractor of the department of mental health, or an employee or contracted employee of a subcontractor of an entity responsible for confining offenders as authorized by section 632.495;

(2) “Offender”, a person ordered to the department of mental health after a determination by the court that the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, a person ordered to the department of mental health after a finding of probable cause under section 632.489, or a person committed for control, care, and treatment by the department of mental health under sections 632.480 to 632.513;

(3) “Secure facility”, a facility operated by the department of mental health or an entity responsible for confining offenders as authorized by section 632.495.

2. No offender shall knowingly commit violence to an employee of the department of mental health or to another offender housed in a secure facility. Violation of this subsection shall be a class B felony.

3. No offender shall knowingly damage any building or other property owned or operated by the department of mental health. Violation of this subsection shall be a class C felony.

[578.501. 1. This section shall be known as "Spc. Edward Lee Myers' Law".

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing or other protest activities in front of or about any location at which a funeral is held, within one hour prior to the commencement of any funeral, and until one hour following the cessation of any funeral. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor, unless committed by a person who has previously pled guilty to or been found guilty of a violation of this section, in which case the violation is a class A misdemeanor.

3. For the purposes of this section, "funeral" means the ceremonies, processions and memorial services held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead.]

[578.502. 1. This section shall be known as "Spc. Edward Lee Myers' Law".

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing or other protest activities within three hundred feet of or about any location at which a funeral is held, within one hour prior to the commencement of any funeral, and until one hour following the cessation of any funeral. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor, unless committed by a person who has previously pled guilty to or been found guilty of a violation of this section, in which case the violation is a class A misdemeanor.

3. For purposes of this section, "funeral" means the ceremonies, processions, and memorial services held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead.]

[578.503. The enactment of section 578.502 shall become effective only on the date the provisions of section 578.501 are finally declared void or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction and upon notification by the attorney general to the revisor of statutes.]

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