Notification required of deploying parent
When a parent is being deployed for military service, that parent has to let the other parent know in writing within 7 days of finding out about the deployment. If military circumstances make that impossible, the deploying parent must notify the other parent as soon as they can. Both parents also need to share a written plan for how the kids will be taken care of while the deploying parent is away. If a court order hides one parent's address, the notifications go to the court instead, and the court keeps that address secret. If both parents already live together and both know about the deployment, written notice is not required.
452.1208. Notification required of . — 1. Except as otherwise provided in 4 of this section and subject to subsection 3 of this section, a deploying parent shall notify in a the other parent of a pending not later than seven days after receiving notice of deployment unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of . If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within the seven days, the deploying parent shall give the notification as soon as reasonably possible.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of this section and subject to subsection 3 of this section, each parent shall provide in a record the other parent with a plan for fulfilling that parent's share of during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under subsection 1 of this section.
3. If a currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact of the other parent, notification of deployment under subsection 1 of this section, or notification of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under subsection 2 of this section, may be made only to the . If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notification to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.
4. Notification in a record under subsection 1 or 2 of this section is not required if the parents are living in the same residence and both parents have of the deployment or plan.
5. In a regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the reasonableness of a parent's efforts to comply with this section.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2024 S.B. 912)
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