Family & CustodyView official source
RSMo 452.895effective 28 Aug 2009
Recognition and enforcement
In plain English
Missouri courts must respect and follow child custody orders made by courts in other states, as long as those orders follow the proper rules. The only exception is if another court with the right authority has already canceled, paused, or changed that order.
Word-for-word law
452.895. . — A court of this state shall accord 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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