Filings
This law is about filing paperwork to get a protection order. If the courthouse is closed at night, on weekends, or on holidays, a person can still file the paperwork at any available court in the right city or county. Any papers filed that way get sent to the main court the next regular business day. When someone is asking for a protection order for a child, that person does not have to tell the other side where the child lives — only the judge gets that information privately. A mailing address may still be needed, unless sharing it could put the child or others in the home in danger.
455.510. s — required from . — 1. When the court is unavailable after business hours or on holidays or weekends, a for protection from or a for on violation of any under sections 455.500 to 455.538 may be filed before any available court in the city or county having to hear the . An may be granted section 455.513.
2. All papers in connection with the filing of a petition or the granting of an or a motion for a hearing on a violation of an order of protection under this section shall be by such court or the clerk within the next regular to the having jurisdiction to hear the petition.
3. A petitioner seeking a protection for a child shall not be required to reveal any current address or place of residence of the child except to the court for the purpose of determining jurisdiction and . The petitioner may be required to provide a mailing address unless the petitioner alleges that the child would be endangered by such disclosure, or that other household members would be endangered by such disclosure.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 6, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1619) Effective 5-15-96
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