When someone wants to get a court order to protect a child, the paperwork gets filed in the county where the child lives, where the abuse happened, or where the person being accused can be found. The paperwork can be filed by a parent or guardian of the child, a special person appointed by a court to look out for the child, or a juvenile officer.
455.503. — , who may file. — 1. A petition for an for a child shall be filed in the county where the child resides, where the alleged incident of , , or occurred, or where the may be .
2. Such petition may be filed by any of the following:
(1) A parent or of the victim;
(2) A or appointed for the victim; or
(3) The .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 3, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, A.L. 2015 S.B. 321 merged with S.B. 341)
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