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RSMo 452.1250effective 28 Aug 2024

Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility

In plain English

When a parent comes back from military deployment, the court gives that parent reasonable time with their child right away — even more time than before deployment — until the temporary custody arrangement officially ends. The only exception is if spending that time with the child would not be good for the child.

Word-for-word law

452.1250. before of temporary of . — After a returns from until a temporary agreement or for custodial responsibility established under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 or sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 is terminated, the court shall a granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child unless it is contrary to the , even if the time of contact exceeds the time the deploying parent spent with the child before deployment.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)

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