Effective - 28 Aug 2008
488.2300. Family services and justice fund established, where — purpose — surcharge, collection, payment — fundings for enhanced services, conditions — reimbursement for costs of salaries. — 1. A "Family Services and Justice Fund" is hereby established in each county or circuit with a family court, for the purpose of aiding with the operation of the family court divisions and services provided by those divisions. In circuits or counties having a family court, the circuit clerk shall charge and collect a surcharge of thirty dollars in all proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the family court. The surcharge shall not be charged when no court costs are otherwise required, shall not be charged against the petitioner for actions filed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 455, but may be charged to the respondent in such actions, shall not be charged to a government agency and shall not be charged in any proceeding when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
2. In juvenile proceedings under chapter 211, a judgment of up to thirty dollars may be assessed against the child, parent or custodian of the child, in addition to other amounts authorized by law, in informal adjustments made under the provisions of sections 211.081 and 211.083, and in an order of disposition or treatment under the provisions of section 211.181. The judgment may be ordered paid to the clerk of the circuit where the assessment is imposed.
3. All sums collected pursuant to this section and section 487.140 shall be payable to the various county family services and justice funds.
4. Any moneys in the family services and justice fund not expended for salaries of commissioners, family court administrators and family court staff shall be used toward funding the enhanced services provided as a result of the establishment of a family court; however, it shall not replace or reduce the current and ongoing responsibilities of the counties to provide funding for the courts as required by law. Moneys collected for the family services and justice fund shall be expended for the benefit of litigants and recipients of services in the family court, with priority given to services such as guardians ad litem, mediation, counseling, home studies, psychological evaluation and other forms of alternative dispute-resolution services. Expenditures shall be made at the discretion of the presiding judge or family court administrative judge, as designated by the circuit and associate circuit judges en banc, for the implementation of the family court system as set forth in this section. No moneys from the family services and justice fund may be used to pay for mediation in any cause of action in which domestic violence is alleged.
5. From the funds collected pursuant to this section and retained in the family services and justice fund, each circuit or county in which a family court commissioner in addition to those commissioners existing as juvenile court commissioners on August 28, 1993, have been appointed pursuant to sections 487.020 to 487.040 shall pay to and reimburse the state for the actual costs of that portion of the salaries of family court commissioners appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 487.020 to 487.040.
6. No moneys deposited in the family services and justice fund may be expended for capital improvements.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 346 § 13, A.L. 1994 S.B. 595, A.L. 1995 S.B. 347, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1570)
Transferred 2000; formerly 487.170
CROSS REFERENCE:
Surcharge in certain counties may be paid into family service and justice fund (Greene County), 488.429
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Section 488.005 - Clerk not to collect surcharge, when.
Section 488.006 - Infraction charges imposed same as misdemeanor charges.
Section 488.010 - Definitions.
Section 488.012 - Clerk to collect — supreme court to set amount — amount prior to adjustment.
Section 488.014 - Overpayment of court costs, no duty to refund, when.
Section 488.016 - Veterans, waiver of costs, when.
Section 488.018 - Disbursement of court costs.
Section 488.020 - Collection of court costs, when, how.
Section 488.024 - Assessment of surcharge, exceptions — remittance to sheriffs' retirement fund.
Section 488.027 - Statewide court automation fund fee, amount, disposition.
Section 488.031 - Additional fees for civil and criminal actions and proceedings, collection of.
Section 488.032 - Fees of witnesses — examination on oath.
Section 488.035 - Witness in criminal proceedings, mileage allowance and per diem.
Section 488.045 - Costs for impaneling jury to be paid, when.
Section 488.064 - Handling fee for child support payments, paid to clerk, when (Marion County).
Section 488.200 - Centralized bureau funds.
Section 488.315 - Surcharge for juvenile justice preservation fund — contingent expiration.
Section 488.432 - Party filing suit may recover deposit.
Section 488.435 - Sheriff to receive charges for civil cases.
Section 488.474 - Utility right of access, wrongful action — recovery of costs.
Section 488.605 - Circuit clerk, duties — (child support).
Section 488.610 - Victim of domestic assault, stalking, or domestic violence not to pay costs.
Section 488.627 - Dispositional hearing for juvenile, witness fee and mileage allowance.
Section 488.635 - Surcharge collected, deposit into domestic relations resolution fund.
Section 488.650 - Expungement cases under section 610.140, surcharge, amount, waiver.
Section 488.1005 - Fee to accompany request for notice of final or partial distribution.
Section 488.1010 - Fee required for will deposit.
Section 488.2206 - Circuit No. 37, additional surcharge for a county or municipal judicial facility.
Section 488.2230 - Municipal ordinance violations, additional court costs (Kansas City).
Section 488.2235 - Kansas City, additional surcharge for municipal courthouses.
Section 488.2245 - City of Florissant, additional surcharge for a municipal courthouse.
Section 488.2250 - Fees for appeal transcript of testimony — judge may order transcript, when.
Section 488.2253 - Fees, amount, payment.
Section 488.5017 - Surcharge in criminal and infraction cases, exceptions.
Section 488.5025 - Judgments paid on time-payment basis, additional assessment for.
Section 488.5028 - Court cost delinquencies, income tax setoff may be requested, procedure.
Section 488.5320 - Charges in criminal cases, sheriffs and other officers — MODEX fund created.
Section 488.5334 - Reimbursement of costs of arrest, when — limitations.
Section 488.5342 - Appointment of substitute prosecutor, when — fees.
Section 488.5345 - Cost of necessary clothing for prisoner, how paid.
Section 488.5356 - Change of venue, costs allowed when.
Section 488.5358 - Treatment court operations, surcharge for, exceptions (Jackson County).
Section 488.5375 - Additional cost, certain felony sexual offenses with electronic devices seized.
Section 488.6697 - Recording of order of consolidation — fee.