Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 455 - Abuse — Adults and Children — Shelters and Protective Orders
Section 455.073 - Supreme court to develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection, content — forms to be provided to each circuit clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
455.073. Supreme court to develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection, content — forms to be provided to each circuit clerk. — 1. By July 1, 1996, the supreme court of the state of Missouri shall:
(1) Develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection; and
(2) Provide the forms to each circuit clerk.
2. The following statements shall be printed in bold faced type or in capital letters on the order of protection:
(1) "Violation of this order may be punished by confinement in jail for as long as five years and by a fine of as much as five thousand dollars"; and
(2) "If so ordered by the court, the respondent is forbidden to enter or stay at the petitioner's residence".
3. The form prescribed by the supreme court for the notice of hearing required by subsection 2 of section 455.040 shall list all potential relief that can be granted by the court in any proceeding pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.085 as described in section 455.050, and shall advise the respondent that such relief may be granted if the court finds for the petitioner, or if the respondent defaults to the petition.
4. If a full order of protection is granted, all temporary orders shall continue in the full order of protection and shall remain in full force and effect unless otherwise ordered by the court.
5. All orders of protection shall be issued on the form adopted pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 232 & 485, A.L. 2022 S.B. 775, et al.)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXX - Domestic Relations

Chapter 455 - Abuse — Adults and Children — Shelters and Protective Orders

Section 455.003 - Rape crisis centers, confidentiality of information — employee competency to testify — rape crisis center defined.

Section 455.004 - Juvenile court records, confidentiality, when.

Section 455.005 - Social Security number of respondent included in full orders of protection.

Section 455.007 - Mootness doctrine, public interest exception to apply upon expiration of the order.

Section 455.010 - Definitions.

Section 455.015 - Venue.

Section 455.020 - Relief may be sought — order of protection effective, where.

Section 455.025 - Duties of circuit clerks — rules, forms, instructions.

Section 455.027 - No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required.

Section 455.030 - Filings — certain information not required from petitioner, exception — supreme court shall provide for filing of petitions on holidays, evenings and weekends.

Section 455.032 - Protection order, restraining respondent from abuse if petitioner is permanently or temporarily in state — evidence admissible of prior abuse in or out of state.

Section 455.035 - Protection orders — ex parte.

Section 455.038 - Ex parte orders, notification — circuit clerks to provide information on.

Section 455.040 - Hearings, when — duration of orders, renewal, requirements — copies of orders to be given, validity — duties of law enforcement agency — information entered in MULES — objection, personally served.

Section 455.045 - Temporary relief available — ex parte orders.

Section 455.050 - Full or ex parte order of protection, abuse, stalking, or sexual assault, contents — relief available — court may order transfer billing responsibility of wireless telephone, when, procedure.

Section 455.055 - Assignment of wages.

Section 455.060 - Modification of orders, when — termination, when — appeal — custody of children, may not be changed, when.

Section 455.065 - Subsequent modification of orders.

Section 455.067 - Foreign order of protection to be given full faith and credit — registration of order, content, procedure.

Section 455.070 - Proceedings independent of others.

Section 455.073 - Supreme court to develop and adopt uniform forms for petitions and orders of protection, content — forms to be provided to each circuit clerk.

Section 455.075 - Attorney's fees, cost.

Section 455.080 - Law enforcement agencies response to alleged incidents of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — factors indicating need for immediate response — establishment of crisis team — transportation of abused party to medical tre...

Section 455.083 - Law enforcement officer may rely on copy of protection order.

Section 455.085 - Arrest for violation of order — penalties — good faith immunity for law enforcement officials.

Section 455.090 - Jurisdiction, duration — enforceability of orders.

Section 455.095 - Electronic monitoring, when — requirements — expiration date.

Section 455.200 - Definitions.

Section 455.210 - Administration by designated authority, how established — powers — expense, limitation.

Section 455.215 - Applications for shelter funding, contents, when filed — payments from fund made when.

Section 455.220 - Requirements for shelter to qualify for funds.

Section 455.225 - Shelter request exceeding funds, allocation priorities.

Section 455.230 - Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment center established by department.

Section 455.300 - Missouri domestic violence commission established — members, meetings, rules.

Section 455.305 - Domestic violence intervention/rehabilitation pilot projects — purpose, funding, rules.

Section 455.500 - Citation of law.

Section 455.503 - Venue — petition, who may file.

Section 455.504 - Court clerks to furnish petitioners with uniform forms and information to litigants having no counsel on procedure, filing forms and pleadings — services of clerks and location of office to file petition to be posted — rules — no fe...

Section 455.505 - Relief may be sought for child for domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault — order of protection effective, where.

Section 455.510 - Filings — information required from petitioner.

Section 455.513 - Ex parte orders, issued immediately, when — for good cause shown, defined — investigation by children's division, when — report due when, available to whom — transfer to juvenile court, when.

Section 455.516 - Hearings, when, procedure, standard of proof — duration of orders — videotaped testimony permitted — renewal of orders, when — service of respondent, failure to serve not to affect validity of order — notice to law enforcement agenc...

Section 455.520 - Temporary relief available — ex parte orders.

Section 455.523 - Full order of protection — relief available.

Section 455.524 - Jurisdiction for orders — compliance review hearings permitted — remedies for enforcement of orders.

Section 455.526 - Assignment of wages.

Section 455.528 - Modification of orders, who may file, when — termination — order not res judicata, when.

Section 455.530 - Grounds for modification of orders.

Section 455.534 - Proceedings independent of others.

Section 455.536 - Costs of legal fees.

Section 455.538 - Law enforcement agencies response to violation of order — arrest for violation, penalties — custody to be returned to rightful party, when.

Section 455.543 - Homicides or suicides, determination of domestic violence, factors to be considered — reports made to highway patrol, forms.

Section 455.545 - Annual report by highway patrol.

Section 455.547 - Good faith immunity for reporters.

Section 455.549 - Court-appointed batterer intervention, credentialing process, rulemaking authority.

Section 455.560 - Domestic violence fatality review panels, members — report.