Venue
This law says that when someone is charged with taking a child away from their legal guardian without permission, the case can be tried in one of four places: where the child was first taken, any place the child was brought or kept, the county where a court gave custody rights, or wherever the accused person is found.
565.163. . — Persons accused of committing the of , or may be by the or :
(1) In the county in which the child was taken or enticed away from ;
(2) In any county in which the child who was taken or enticed away from legal custody was taken or held by the ;
(3) The county in which lawful of the child taken or enticed away was granted; or
(4) The county in which the defendant is found.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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