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RSMo 455.528effective 28 Aug 1995

Modification of orders, who may file, when

In plain English

A court can change a child protection order at any time if someone files paperwork showing that things have changed enough to justify it. These protection orders last no more than 180 days. If a separate court order is later made for child support, custody, or visitation under a different law, the earlier order ends. Also, a protection order does not count as a final decision that blocks future court cases about the same issues.

Word-for-word law

455.528. of s, who may file, when — order not , when. — 1. After notice to the parties and the or and , the court may an of a child at any time, upon subsequent filed by either , the guardian ad litem, or the court-appointed special advocate together with an showing a change in circumstances sufficient to the modification. All full orders of protection of a child shall be orders and appealable and shall be for a period of time not to exceed one hundred eighty days except as otherwise provided herein.

2. Any order for child support, , temporary custody, or entered under sections 455.500 to 455.538 shall terminate prior to the time fixed in the order upon the of a subsequent order chapter 452, or any other Missouri statute.

3. No order entered pursuant to sections 455.500 to 455.538 shall be res judicata to any subsequent , including, but not limited to, any brought under chapter 452.

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Source & history notes

(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 12, A.L. 1995 S.B. 174)

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