Orders of ProtectionView official source
RSMo 455.536effective 28 Aug 1987
Costs of legal fees
In plain English
A judge can make the respondent pay the petitioner's legal costs from a case filed under Missouri's adult abuse protection law. This can include lawyer fees and other costs from before the case started or after the judge made a decision.
Word-for-word law
455.536. Costs of legal fees. — The court may a to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the of maintaining any under sections 455.500 to 455.538 and for , including sums for legal services rendered and costs incurred prior to the or after .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 15)
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