Cooperation between courts
Courts in Missouri and other states can work together on child custody cases. One state's court can ask another state's court to hold hearings, collect evidence, or order evaluations about a child. Missouri courts must keep all records from custody cases until the child turns 18, and must share copies of those records with other states if asked.
452.735. Cooperation between courts — preservation of s. — 1. A court of this state may request the court of another state to:
(1) Hold an ;
(2) a person to produce or give evidence under procedures of that state;
(3) Order that an be made with respect to the of a child involved in a ;
(4) Forward to the court of this state a of the of the record of the , the evidence otherwise presented and any evaluation prepared in with the request; and
(5) Order a to a or any person having of the child to appear in the with or without the child.
2. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in 1 of this section.
3. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsection 1 or 2 of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
4. A court of this state shall preserve the , orders, , records of hearings, evaluations, and other records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of such records.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2009 H.B. 481)
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