Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
484.350. Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when. — Recognizing that Missouri children have a right to adequate and effective representation in child welfare cases, the September 17, 1996, Missouri supreme court standards for representation by guardians ad litem shall be updated and adopted statewide and each circuit shall devise a plan for implementation which takes into account the individual needs of their circuit as well as the negative impact that excessive caseloads have upon effectiveness of counsel. These plans shall be approved by the supreme court en banc and fully implemented by July 1, 2011.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1570 § 484.302, A.L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 237)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law
Section 484.010 - Practice of the law and law business defined.
Section 484.020 - Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.
Section 484.040 - Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court.
Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.
Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.
Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.
Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.
Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.
Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.
Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.
Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.
Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.
Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.
Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.
Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.
Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.