reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.241 - Court orders to parents for support of children, procedure — county to support, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
211.241. Court orders to parents for support of children, procedure — county to support, when. —
1. When the juvenile court finds a child to be within the purview of applicable provisions of section 211.031 it may in the same or subsequent proceedings, either on its own motion or upon the application of any person, institution or agency having the custody of such child, proceed to inquire into the ability of the parent of the child to support it or to contribute to its support. If the parent does not voluntarily appear for the proceeding, he shall be summoned in the same manner as in civil cases and the summons in the case may issue to any county of the state.
2. If the court finds that the parent is able to support the child or to contribute to its support, the court may enter an order requiring the parent to support the child or to contribute to its support and to pay the costs of collecting the judgment.
3. The court may enforce the order by execution and the execution may issue on request of the juvenile officer or any person, agency or institution which has been awarded custody of the child. No deposit or bond for costs shall be required as a condition for the issuance or service of the execution. No property is exempt from execution upon a judgment or decree made under this section, and all wages or other sums due the parent is subject to garnishment or execution in any proceedings under this section.
4. Otherwise the necessary support of the child shall, unless the court commits the child to a person or institution willing to receive it without charge, be paid out of the funds of the county but only upon approval of the judge of the juvenile court.
­­--------
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.240)
(1979) Statutory authority to require and enforce contribution by parent for support of child under jurisdiction of juvenile court implies authority to adjudicate paternity. Miller v. Russell (A.), 593 S.W.2d 598.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.251 - Modification of court orders.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.261 - Appeals.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.281 - Costs how adjudged, collected.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• 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.
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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.)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• 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)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 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).

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• 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.
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 01 Jan 1988, see footnote
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
2023 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).

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.343 - Detention facilities, standards and rules for operation.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• 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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.355 - Missouri state juvenile justice advisory board, members, report.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 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.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.382 - Professionals retained by juvenile court, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 01 Jul 1999, see footnote
211.382. Professionals retained by juvenile court, when. —
As a provider of programs and services to children and families at the local level, the juvenile court system may recruit and retain qualified professionals to provide vital services to children in local communities and to the citizens of the state. In order to provide these critical services, an enhanced partnership between the state and the counties shall be established. This partnership provides greater assistance to both single and multicounty circuits by the state assuming the juvenile court employees of the multicounty circuits as state employees while maintaining the current status of juvenile court employees in a single county circuit in which all juvenile court employees are provided with retirement and other fringe benefits at the time of this enactment.
­­--------
(L. 1998 H.B. 971)
Effective 7-1-99
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.394 - Juvenile court personnel compensation not limited by state contribution — increases, procedure — certain constitutional provision not applicable (Hancock Amendment).

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
211.394. Juvenile court personnel compensation not limited by state contribution — increases, procedure — certain constitutional provision not applicable (Hancock Amendment). —
1. The provisions of subsection 5 of section 211.381, to the contrary notwithstanding, the salary determined pursuant to subsections 1, 2 and 3 of section 211.381 is a limit to the state contribution to the compensation paid to juvenile court personnel and is not a limit to the total compensation that may be paid. Any compensation above the amounts determined pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be approved by the judge of the juvenile court and the governing body of the city or county providing such additional compensation.
2. Any funds paid to the counties under the provisions of section 211.393 and this section shall not be considered to be a part of the total state revenue as defined in Article X, Section 18 of the Constitution of Missouri.
­­--------
(L. 1988 S.B. 622 §§ 1, 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.401 - Duties of juvenile officers — may make arrests — cooperation.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories
211.401. Duties of juvenile officers — may make arrests — cooperation. —
1. The juvenile officer shall:
(1) Make such investigations and furnish the court with such information and assistance as the judge may order;
(2) Keep a written record of such investigations and offer such reports into evidence in accordance with law;
(3) Take charge of children before and after the hearing as may be ordered by the court;
(4) Perform such other duties and exercise such powers as the judge of the juvenile court may order.
2. The juvenile officer is vested with all the power and authority of sheriffs to make arrests and perform other duties incident to his office.
3. The juvenile officers or other persons acting as such in the several counties of the state shall cooperate with each other in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
­­--------
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.380, A.L. 2017 S.B. 160)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.411 - Law enforcement officials to assist and cooperate with juvenile officers.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
211.411. Law enforcement officials to assist and cooperate with juvenile officers. —
1. It is the duty of circuit, prosecuting and city attorneys, and county counselors representing the state or a city in any court, to give the juvenile officer such aid and cooperation as may not be inconsistent with the duties of their offices.
2. It is the duty of police officers, sheriffs and other authorized persons taking a child into custody to give information of that fact immediately to the juvenile court or to the juvenile officer or one of his deputies and to furnish the juvenile court or the juvenile officer all the facts in their possession pertaining to the child, its parents, guardian or other persons interested in the child, together with the reasons for taking the child into custody.
3. It is the duty of all other public officials and departments to render all assistance and cooperation within their jurisdictional power which may further the objects of this chapter. The court is authorized to seek the cooperation of all societies and organizations having for their object the protection or aid of children and of any person or organization interested in the welfare of children.
­­--------
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.390, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-2-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.421 - Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders of court.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
Effective - 01 Jan 2021, 2 histories, see footnote
211.421. Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders of court. —
1. After any child has come under the care or control of the juvenile court as provided in this chapter, any person who thereafter encourages, aids, or causes the child to commit any act or engage in any conduct which would be injurious to the child's morals or health or who knowingly or negligently disobeys, violates or interferes with a lawful order of the court with relation to the child, is guilty of contempt of court, and shall be proceeded against as now provided by law and punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. If it appears at a juvenile court hearing that any person eighteen years of age or over has violated section 568.045 or 568.050 by endangering the welfare of a child, the judge of the juvenile court shall refer the information to the prosecuting or circuit attorney, as the case may be, for appropriate proceedings.
­­--------
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.330, A.L. 1999 H.B. 359 merged with S.B. 237, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800)
Effective 1-01-21
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.431 - Violation of law, class A misdemeanor.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 01 Jan 2021, 2 histories, see footnote
211.431. Violation of law, class A misdemeanor. —
Any person eighteen years of age or over who willfully violates, neglects or refuses to obey or perform any lawful order of the court, or who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
­­--------
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.410, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800)
Effective 1-01-21
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.435 - Juvenile justice preservation fund — surcharge on traffic violations — expenditures from fund, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 14 Jul 2021, 2 histories, see footnote
211.435. Juvenile justice preservation fund — surcharge on traffic violations — expenditures from fund, when. —
1. A "Juvenile Justice Preservation Fund" is hereby established in each county's circuit court for the purpose of implementing and maintaining the expansion of juvenile court jurisdiction to eighteen years of age. The fund shall consist of moneys collected under subsection 2 of this section and sections 488.315 and 558.003, any gifts, bequests, and donations, and any other moneys appropriated by the general assembly.
2. For all traffic violations of any county ordinance or any violation of traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, in which a person has pled guilty, there shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two dollars. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the court as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. The surcharge collected under this section shall be payable to the county circuit court juvenile justice preservation fund created in this section. Funds held by the state treasurer in the state juvenile justice preservation fund shall be payable and revert to the circuit court's juvenile justice preservation fund in the county of origination.
3. Expenditures from the county circuit court juvenile justice preservation fund shall be made at the discretion of the juvenile office for the circuit court and shall be used for the sole purpose of implementing and maintaining the expansion of juvenile court jurisdiction.
4. No moneys deposited in the juvenile justice preservation fund shall be expended for capital improvements.
5. To further promote the best interests of the children of the state of Missouri, moneys in the juvenile justice preservation fund shall not be used to replace or reduce the responsibilities of either the counties or the state to provide funding for existing and new juvenile treatment services as provided in this chapter and chapter 210 or funding as otherwise required by law.
­­--------
(L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
Effective 7-14-21
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.442 - Definitions.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
211.442. Definitions. —
As used in sections 211.442 to 211.487, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Child"
, an individual under eighteen years of age;
(2)
"Minor"
, any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;
(3)
"Parent"
, a biological parent or parents of a child, as well as, the husband of a natural mother at the time the child was conceived, or a parent or parents of a child by adoption, including both the mother and the putative father of a child. The putative father of a child shall have no legal relationship unless he, prior to the entry of a decree under sections 211.442 to 211.487, has acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting his paternity.
­­--------
(L. 1978 H.B. 972 § 1, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.443 - Construction of sections 211.442 to 211.487.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
211.443. Construction of sections 211.442 to 211.487. —
The provisions of sections 211.442 to 211.487 shall be construed so as to promote the best interests and welfare of the child as determined by the juvenile court in consideration of the following:
(1) The recognition and protection of the constitutional rights of all parties in the proceedings;
(2) The recognition and protection of the birth family relationship when possible and appropriate; and
(3) The entitlement of every child to a permanent and stable home.
­­--------
(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al. § 211.440)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.444 - Termination of parental rights, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
211.444. Termination of parental rights, when. —
The juvenile court may, upon petition of the juvenile officer or a child-placing agency licensed under sections 210.481 to 210.536 in conjunction with a placement with such agency under subsection 6 of section 453.010 or a private attorney filing a petition for adoption under the provisions of chapter 453, terminate the rights of a parent or receive the consent to a specific adoption or waiver of consent to adoption executed by a parent or named father to a child, including a child who is a ward of the court, if the court finds that such termination, consent to a specific adoption, or waiver of consent to adoption is in the best interests of the child, and the parent or named father has, in a properly executed writing under section 453.030 or 453.050, consented to the termination of his or her parental rights, consented to a specific adoption, or waived consent to adoption.
­­--------
(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 1998 S.B. 674, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84, A.L. 2018 S.B. 800)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Application of law to adoption petitions filed on or after August 28, 1997, 453.012
(1987) Termination of parental rights of father was not in the best interest of adopted child even though father consented to termination where father sought termination of parental rights pursuant to this section in order to be relieved of financial obligations toward child imposed on him by divorce decree. In Interest of B.L.G., 731 S.W.2d 492 (Mo. App.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.452 - Petition for termination, when filed — contents — joinder of cases of more than one child.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
211.452. Petition for termination, when filed — contents — joinder of cases of more than one child. —
1. The petition for termination of parental rights shall be filed in the juvenile court which has prior jurisdiction over the child or, if no such prior jurisdiction exists, then the petition shall be filed where the child is, and shall include:
(1) The name, sex, date and place of birth, and residence of the child, if known after due and diligent search;
(2) If known after due and diligent search, the name, address and the date of birth of the parent;
(3) The name and address of the person holding legal or actual custody of the child, the guardian of the person of the child and the organization or agency holding legal or actual custody or providing care for the child;
(4) The facts on which termination is sought and the ground or grounds authorizing termination pursuant to section 211.447.
2. If there is more than one child in the family and a termination of parental rights petition is being or has been prepared for each child, the court may join the cases for disposition in one proceeding; provided, however, that joinder of the cases is found to be in the best interests of each child.
­­--------
(L. 1978 H.B. 972 § 3, A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.453 - Service of summons, how made — when required — waiver of summons.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
211.453. Service of summons, how made — when required — waiver of summons. —
1. Service of summons shall be made as in other civil cases in the manner prescribed in section 506.150. However, if service cannot be made as prescribed in section 506.150 and it is not waived, then the service shall be made by mail or publication as provided in section 506.160.
2. Persons who shall be summoned and receive a copy of the petition shall include:
(1) The parent of the child, including a putative father who has acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting his paternity, unless the parent has filed a consent to the termination of parental rights in court;
(2) The guardian of the person of the child;
(3) The person, agency or organization having custody of the child;
(4) The foster parent, relative or other person with whom the child has been placed; and
(5) Any other person whose presence the court deems necessary.
3. The court shall not require service in the case of a parent whose identity is unknown and cannot be ascertained, or cannot be located.
4. Any person required to receive summons may waive appearance or service of summons.
­­--------
(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
(1988) Section 211.453 is unconstitutional as a denial of due process insofar as it removes the necessity of notice by publication to a parent whose identity is unknown and cannot be ascertained or cannot be located. In Interest of Loveheart, 762 S.W.2d 32 (Mo. En Banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.455 - Procedure after filing of petition — determination of service — extension of time for service, when — investigation.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
211.455. Procedure after filing of petition — determination of service — extension of time for service, when — investigation. —
1. Within thirty days after the filing of the petition, the juvenile officer shall meet with the court in order to determine that all parties have been served with summons and to request that the court order the investigation and social study.
2. If, at that time, all parties required to be served with summons have not been served, the court, in its discretion, may extend the time for service if the court finds that service may be forthcoming and that the best interests of the child would be served thereby.
3. The court shall order an investigation and social study except in cases filed under section 211.444. The investigation and social study shall be made by the juvenile officer, the state children's division or a public or private agency authorized or licensed to care for children or any other competent person, as directed by the court, and a written report shall be made to the court to aid the court in determining whether the termination is in the best interests of the child. It shall include such matters as the parental background, the fitness and capacity of the parent to discharge parental responsibilities, the child's home, present adjustment, physical, emotional and mental condition, and such other facts as are pertinent to the determination. Parties and attorneys or guardians ad litem or volunteer advocates representing them before the court shall have access to the written report. All ordered evaluations and reports shall be made available to the parties and attorneys or guardians ad litem or volunteer advocates representing them before the court at least fifteen days prior to any dispositional hearing.
­­--------
(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts › Section 211.459 - Dispositional hearing, when held — procedure — immunity for certain persons — privileged communication not to constitute grounds for excluding evidence.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 211
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
211.459. Dispositional hearing, when held — procedure — immunity for certain persons — privileged communication not to constitute grounds for excluding evidence. —
1. Within thirty days after the juvenile officer and the court have met pursuant to section 211.455, the court shall hold the dispositional hearing where the juvenile officer and any person on whom summons and the petition were served shall have the right and power to subpoena witnesses and present evidence. The court may require any and all investigating division personnel connected with the particular case to testify without privilege and subject to the rules of cross-examination. Such witnesses shall receive as compensation the witness fee and mileage provided in civil cases.
2. Stenographic notes or an authorized recording of the hearing shall be required as in civil actions in the circuit court.
3. Any person, official or institution participating in good faith in the making of a report, the taking of photographs or the making of radiological examinations pursuant to sections 210.110 to 210.165, or the removal or retention of a child pursuant to sections 210.110 to 210.165 shall have immunity from all civil liability which might arise by reason of such actions. All such persons, officials and institutions shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to sections 210.110 to 210.165.
4. No legally recognized privileged communication, except that between priest, minister, or rabbi and parishioner, and attorney client, shall constitute grounds for excluding evidence at any proceeding for the termination of parental rights.
­­--------
(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)