RSMo 452.795effective 28 Aug 2009

Full faith and credit

In plain English

Missouri courts must respect and follow child custody orders made by courts in other states, as long as those orders were made properly. The only exception is if another court with the authority to do so has already canceled, paused, or changed that order.

Word-for-word law

452.795. . — A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an made consistently with sections 452.700 to 452.930 which enforces a by a court of another state unless the order has been , , or by a court to do so under sections 452.740 to 452.845.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)

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