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MO Rev Stat § 211.251 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.251 - Modification of court orders.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   211.251. Modification of court orders. — 1. A decree of the juvenile court made under the provisions of section 211.181 may be modified at any time on the court's own motion.  2. The juvenile officer, the parent, guardian, legal custodian, spouse, relative or next friend of a child committed to the custody of an institution or agency may, at any time, petition the court for a modification of the order of custody. The court may deny the petition without hearing or may, in its discretion, conduct a hearing upon the issues raised and may make any orders relative to the issues as it deems proper.  3. The authority of the juvenile court to modify a decree is subject to the provisions of chapter 219. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.250, A.L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al.)  1955) Where parent seeks modification of court's order after finding that children were neglected and award of custody of children to himself, his morals are to be considered and burden is on him to show benefit to children. Dansker v. Dansker (A.), 279 S.W.2d 505. (1955) Motion of minor children by their natural parents to modify judgments finding them abandoned children and awarding their custody to third persons, should be granted where natural parents were fit persons to have custody and able to care for them. State v. Pogue (A.), 282 S.W.2d 582. (1956) Adjudication by juvenile court that child was a neglected child under the juvenile court law does not permanently deprive parent of the right to custody and in adoption case court must find willful abandonment or neglect to provide proper care for one year before parent's consent to adoption is unnecessary. In re Slaughter (A.), 290 S.W.2d 408.
MO Rev Stat § 211.261 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.261 - Appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   211.261. Appeals. — 1. An appeal shall be allowed to the child from any final judgment, order or decree made under the provisions of this chapter and may be taken on the part of the child by its parent, guardian, legal custodian, spouse, relative or next friend. An appeal shall be allowed to a parent from any final judgment, order or decree made under the provisions of this chapter which adversely affects him. An appeal shall be allowed to the juvenile officer from any final judgment, order or decree made under this chapter, except that no such appeal shall be allowed concerning a final determination pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031. Notice of appeal shall be filed within thirty days after the final judgment, order or decree has been entered but neither the notice of appeal nor any motion filed subsequent to the final judgment acts as a supersedeas unless the court so orders.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, an appeal shall be allowed to the:  (1) Juvenile officer from any order suppressing evidence, a confession or an admission, in proceedings under subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031; or  (2) Parent, guardian ad litem, or juvenile officer from any order changing or modifying the placement of a child.  3. The appeal provided for in subsection 2 of this section shall be an interlocutory appeal, filed in the appropriate district of the Missouri court of appeals. Notice of such interlocutory appeal shall be filed within three days of the entry of the order of trial court; the time limits applicable to such appeal shall be the same as in interlocutory appeals allowed to the state in criminal cases. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.260, A.L. 1994 S.B. 657, A.L. 2021 S.B. 71)  (1954) An appeal from a juvenile court judgment finding minor delinquent in that he committed burglary and larceny is not within the jurisdiction of the supreme court either as a case of felony or as a civil case where the state is a party. State v. Harold, 364 Mo. 1052, 271 S.W.2d 527.  (1958) A juvenile proceeding is not a criminal case but partakes of a "civil" character so that on appeal reviewing court is not required to examine record in light of motion for new trial as required by § 547.270, RSMo. In re C . . . . . . . (A.), 314 S.W.2d 756. (1962) Appeal by parents from judgment terminating parental rights is authorized by section 211.261. In re Burgess (A.), 359 S.W.2d 484.  (1962) Father's appeal from order making minor sons wards of court and committing them to custody of division of welfare, filed more than 30 days after entry of final judgment, dismissed. In re R.,S., and T. (A.), 362 S.W.2d 642.
MO Rev Stat § 211.281 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.281 - Costs how adjudged, collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   211.281. Costs how adjudged, collected. — The costs of the proceedings in any case in the juvenile court may, in the discretion of the court be adjudged against the parents of the child involved or the informing witness as provided in section 211.081, as the case may be, and collected as provided by law. All costs not so collected shall be paid by the county. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.320)  (1976) Fees of appointed counsel in juvenile court matters are not "costs" and county is not required to pay appointed attorneys who represent indigent juveniles. State ex rel. Cain v. Mitchell (Mo.), 543 S.W.2d 785.
MO Rev Stat § 211.291 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.291 - Juvenile courtroom in counties of first and second class — any judge of circuit may hold court, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   211.291. Juvenile courtroom in counties of first and second class — any judge of circuit may hold court, when. — 1. In counties of the first and second class and in the city of St. Louis a courtroom, to be designated the juvenile courtroom, shall be provided by the county or circuit court of the county or city, as the case may be, for the hearing of cases under this chapter.  2. In case of the absence or inability of the judge of the juvenile court in any such county to hold court, any one of the circuit judges in the judicial circuit may perform that duty. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.280)
MO Rev Stat § 211.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.301 - Juvenile court held in chambers or other room in counties of third and fourth class — transfer of judges.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   211.301. Juvenile court held in chambers or other room in counties of third and fourth class — transfer of judges. — 1. In counties of the third and fourth class hearings may be conducted in the judge's chambers or in such other room or apartment as may be provided or designated by the judge of the juvenile court.  2. In case of the absence or inability of the juvenile judge to hold court, he may request the supreme court to assign another circuit judge to perform that duty. Any juvenile judge having more than one county within his circuit, may, in his discretion, and in the interests of the welfare of the child involved, act upon a juvenile case arising within that circuit, irrespective of where, within the circuit, he may then be holding court. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.290)
MO Rev Stat § 211.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.311 - Clerk of circuit court to act for juvenile court.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   211.311. Clerk of circuit court to act for juvenile court. — The clerk of the circuit court shall act as the clerk of the juvenile court. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.300, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-2-79
MO Rev Stat § 211.322 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.322 - Reports on delinquency and prevention by court on request by division of youth services.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   211.322. Reports on delinquency and prevention by court on request by division of youth services. — The juvenile division of each circuit court shall report statistics and information relating to the nature, extent and causes of and conditions contributing to the delinquency of children and information relating to the existence and effectiveness of delinquency prevention and rehabilitation programs operated by the courts, upon request of the division of youth services, to the division of youth services. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 211.326 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.326 - State courts administrator — valuation of services, development of standards, processes, guidelines relating to juvenile court — consideration of racial disparity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   211.326. State courts administrator — valuation of services, development of standards, processes, guidelines relating to juvenile court — consideration of racial disparity. — 1. The state courts administrator shall:  (1) Evaluate existing services by establishing performance standards including performance standards for juvenile courts receiving diversion funds;  (2) Develop standards for orientation training for all new juvenile court professional personnel, including juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator;  (3) Develop standards for continuing education for existing juvenile court professional personnel, including juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator;  (4) Develop a process to evaluate services and collect relevant outcome data;  (5) Develop a standardized assessment form for classifying juvenile offenders; and  (6) Develop guidelines for juvenile court judges to use in determining the length of time a child may be detained prior to informal adjustment or formal adjudication.  2. Standards, training and assessment forms developed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be developed considering racial disparities in the juvenile justice system. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al. § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 211.327 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.327 - Data to be provided to state courts administrator — orientation training, continuing education.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   211.327. Data to be provided to state courts administrator — orientation training, continuing education. — The juvenile court shall:  (1) Provide to the state courts administrator outcome data for youth receiving formal and informal services on forms developed by the state courts administrator;  (2) Require new juvenile court professional personnel to have orientation training as provided in section 211.326;  (3) Require existing professional personnel to have continuing education as provided in section 211.326. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al. § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 211.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.331 - Detention facilities, superintendent, appointment, compensation — acquisition of land (counties of first and second classification).

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   211.331. Detention facilities, superintendent, appointment, compensation — acquisition of land (counties of first and second classification). — 1. In each county of the first and second classifications and in the city of St. Louis, it is the duty of the county commission, or, where there is no county commission, such other authorized body, to provide a place of detention for children coming within the provisions of this chapter. It is also the duty of the county commission or other authorized body to provide offices for the personnel of the juvenile court.  2. The place of detention shall be so located and arranged that the child being detained does not come in contact, at any time or in any manner, with adults convicted or under arrest, and the care of children in detention shall approximate as closely as possible the care of children in good homes.  3. The place of detention shall be in charge of a superintendent. The judge of the juvenile court or the family court administrator, if provided by local rule, shall appoint and fix the compensation and maintenance of the superintendent and of any assistants or other personnel required to operate the detention facility. Such compensation and maintenance are payable out of funds of the county.  4. The county commission or other governing body of the county is authorized to lease or to acquire by purchase, gift or devise land for such purpose, and to erect buildings thereon and to provide funds to equip and maintain the same for the subsistence and education of the children placed therein. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.160, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1226)  (1979) County charter provision relating to power of a county official to control places of detention and correction for juveniles was without effect as statute placed control of such facilities in juvenile court. State ex rel. St. Louis County v. Edwards, et al. (Mo.), 589 S.W.2d 283.
MO Rev Stat § 211.332 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.332 - Detention facilities not required to be provided by certain second class counties — law applicable for facilities which are maintained in those counties.

Effective - 01 Jan 1988   211.332. Detention facilities not required to be provided by certain second class counties — law applicable for facilities which are maintained in those counties. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 211.331 or any other provision of law in conflict with the provisions of this section, no county which becomes a county of the second class after September 28, 1987, shall be required to provide a place of detention for children. The governing body of any such county may provide such a facility, and if it does so, then all provisions of law relating to the operation and support of such a facility by a county of second class shall be applicable. ­­-------- (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.)  Effective 1-1-88
MO Rev Stat § 211.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.341 - Detention facilities, how provided — government (third and fourth class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   211.341. Detention facilities, how provided — government (third and fourth class counties). — 1. Counties of the third and fourth classes within one judicial circuit, shall, upon the written recommendation of the circuit judge of that judicial circuit, establish a place of juvenile detention to serve all of the counties within that judicial circuit, and in like manner, the counties shall supply offices for the juvenile officers of that circuit. The recommendation of the circuit judge shall be made only after a hearing conducted by him, after thirty days' notice, to determine the need and feasibility of establishing such a place of detention within the judicial circuit. The provisions of section 211.331 apply as to the form of operation and means of maintenance of the place of detention, except that the total cost of establishment and operation of the places of detention shall be prorated among the several counties within that judicial circuit upon a ratio to be determined by a comparison of the respective populations of the counties. The point of location of the place of juvenile detention shall be determined by the circuit judge of the judicial circuit.  2. Circuit judges of any two or more adjoining judicial circuits after a hearing as provided in subsection 1 may, by agreement confirmed by judicial order, and in the interest of economy of administration, establish one place of juvenile detention to serve their respective judicial circuits. In such event, the circuit judges so agreeing shall jointly govern the affairs of the place of detention and the cost thereof shall be apportioned among the counties served in the manner provided for in subsection 1.  3. Any county of the third or fourth class desiring to provide its own place of juvenile detention may do so in the manner prescribed for counties of the first and second classes. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.170)
MO Rev Stat § 211.343 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.343 - Detention facilities, standards and rules for operation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   211.343. Detention facilities, standards and rules for operation. — The Missouri supreme court shall by January 1, 1991, establish rules or standards for the operation of juvenile detention facilities. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 211.351 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.351 - Juvenile officers, appointment — costs paid, how — grievance review committee of circuit, appointment, members.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   211.351. Juvenile officers, appointment — costs paid, how — grievance review committee of circuit, appointment, members. — 1. The court or the family court administrator in circuits where a family court administrator has been appointed to act as the appointing authority under section 487.060 shall appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary juvenile court personnel to serve under the direction of the court in each county of the first and second class and the circuit judge in circuits comprised of third and fourth class counties:  (1) May appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary personnel to serve the judicial circuit; or  (2) Circuit judges of any two or more adjoining circuits may by agreement, confirmed by judicial order, appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary personnel to serve their respective judicial circuits and, in such a case, the juvenile officers and other persons appointed shall serve under the joint direction of the judges so agreeing.  2. The presiding judge of the circuit shall ensure that any case in the family court or juvenile court division in which a juvenile officer is a participant is not heard by a judge who is the appointing authority for the juvenile officer or other necessary juvenile employees.  3. In the event a juvenile officer and other juvenile court personnel are appointed to serve as provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section, the total cost to the counties for the compensation of these persons shall be prorated among the several counties and upon a ratio to be determined by a comparison of the respective populations of the counties.  4. In each judicial circuit, a grievance review committee shall be appointed by the circuit court en banc to serve as final administrative authority of a grievance regarding personnel policy or action that negatively affects an employee of the family court and/or juvenile court who is not governed by the Missouri circuit court personnel system. The grievance review committee may be comprised of either the circuit court en banc, a committee of not less than three circuit or associate circuit judges, or other body established by local court rule. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.340, A.L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al., A.L. 2017 S.B. 160)
MO Rev Stat § 211.355 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.355 - Missouri state juvenile justice advisory board, members, report.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   211.355. Missouri state juvenile justice advisory board, members, report. — 1. There is hereby created within the office of state courts administrator the "Missouri State Juvenile Justice Advisory Board", which shall provide consultation and recommendations regarding ongoing best practices within the juvenile court system and juvenile officer standards. The board shall consist of the following members:  (1) A judge of a juvenile or family court as appointed by the supreme court of Missouri;  (2) A juvenile officer as appointed by the Missouri Juvenile Justice Association;  (3) A foster parent appointed by the Missouri state foster care and adoption board;  (4) One attorney representing parents' interests appointed by the Missouri Bar Association;  (5) One guardian ad litem appointed by the Missouri Bar Association;  (6) A representative from a child advocacy center to be appointed by the Missouri Network of Child Advocacy Centers;  (7) A prosecuting attorney appointed by the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys;  (8) A law enforcement representative as designated by the Missouri Sheriffs' Association;  (9) A law enforcement representative as designated by the Missouri Police Chiefs Association; and  (10) The following shall be ex officio voting members:  (a) The director of the children's division or the director's designee;  (b) The director of the division of youth services or the director's designee;  (c) The director of the Missouri Juvenile Justice Association or the director's designee;  (d) The executive director of the Missouri Court Appointed Special Advocate Association or the director's designee;  (e) The director of the office of child advocate or the director's designee; and  (f) The director of the public defender's office or the director's designee.  2. All appointed members of the board shall serve for a term of four years. Members may be reappointed to the board by their entities for consecutive terms. All vacancies on the board shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner in which the board membership which is vacant was originally filled. Members of the board shall serve without compensation.  3. The board shall elect officers from the membership consisting of a chairperson and secretary.  4. The board shall meet a minimum of four times per calendar year.  5. The board shall provide to the office of state courts administrator, the office of child advocate, and the joint committee on child abuse and neglect a written annual report of recommendations and activities conducted and made. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 2355)
MO Rev Stat § 211.361 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts|Section 211.361 - Qualifications of juvenile officer, how determined — effect on persons now in office.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   211.361. Qualifications of juvenile officer, how determined — effect on persons now in office. — 1. Whenever the need arises for the appointment of a juvenile officer, the court or the family court administrator in circuits where a family court administrator has been appointed to act as the appointing authority under section 487.060 shall either:  (1) Provide, by rule of court, for open competitive written and oral examinations and create an eligible list of persons who possess the qualifications prescribed by subdivision (2) and who have successfully passed such examination; or  (2) Appoint any person over the age of twenty-one years who has completed satisfactorily four years of college education with a major in sociology or related subjects or who, in lieu of such academic training, has had four years or more experience in social work with juveniles in probation or allied services.  2. This section does not terminate the existing appointment nor present term of office of any juvenile officer or deputy juvenile officer in any county, but it applies to any appointment to be made after the existing appointment or term of office of any incumbent terminates or expires for any reason whatsoever. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.350, A.L. 2017 S.B. 160)