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RSMo 452.1236effective 28 Aug 2024

Grant of limited contact

In plain English

When a parent is being deployed and asks the court, the court will allow a non-parent family member or someone close to the child to spend time with the child. The court will only say no if it decides that contact would not be good for the child.

Word-for-word law

452.1236. of . — On of a , and in accordance with law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, unless the court finds that the contact would be contrary to the , a court shall grant limited contact to a who is a family member of the child or an individual with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)

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