Family & CustodyView official source
RSMo 452.840effective 28 Aug 2009
Transfer of transcripts and documents
In plain English
If another state already made a custody decision about a child, and a Missouri court takes over the case, the Missouri court asks the other state's court to send over official copies of the records and paperwork from that case.
Word-for-word law
452.840. of s and documents. — If a has been rendered in another state concerning a child involved in a pending in a court of this state, the court of this state, upon taking of the case, shall request of the court of the other state a of the transcript of any court and other documents mentioned in section 452.835.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2009 H.B. 481)
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