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
Related Missouri laws
Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction
RSMo 565.160
Custody of child
RSMo 565.167
Child abduction
RSMo 565.156
Parental kidnapping
RSMo 565.153
Interference with custody
RSMo 565.150
Abuse of an elderly person, a person with disability, or a vulnerable person
RSMo 565.184
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