Title XXX — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

452.025. Verified pleadings, form and content. — 1. All pleadings required to be verified under this chapter may at the time of execution be made by the acknowledgment thereof by the petitioner or respondent made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of …

452.075. Remarriage of former spouse ends alimony. — When a divorce has been granted, and the court has made an order or decree providing for the payment of alimony and maintenance, the remarriage of the former spouse shall relieve the spouse obligated to pay support from further…

452.080. Decree for alimony — a lien, when. — Upon a decree of divorce, the court may, in its discretion, decree alimony in gross or from year to year. When alimony is decreed in gross, such decree shall be a general lien on the realty of the party against whom the decree may be …

452.110. Decree as to alimony only subject to review. — No petition for review of any judgment for divorce, rendered in any case arising pursuant to this chapter, shall be allowed, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; but there may be a review of any order or judgm…

452.1200. Short title. — Sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 may be cited as the "Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act". ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)

452.1202. Definitions. — In sections 452.1200 to 452.1258: (1) "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age or an emancipated minor; (2) "Caretaking authority" means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to-day basis. The term includes physica…

452.1204. Remedies for noncompliance. — In addition to other remedies under law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, if a court finds that a party to a proceeding under sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 has acted in bad faith or intentionally failed to comply with …

452.1206. Jurisdiction. — 1. A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 only if the court has jurisdiction under sections 452.700 to 452.930. 2. If a court has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility pursu…

452.1208. Notification required of deploying parent. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of this section and subject to subsection 3 of this section, a deploying parent shall notify in a record the other parent of a pending deployment not later than seven days after…

452.1210. Duty to notify of change of address. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted during deployment pursuant to sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 or sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 shall not…

452.1212. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service. — In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a service member, a court may not consider a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in itself in determining the best i…

452.1214. Form of agreement. — 1. The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 granting custodial responsibility during deployment. 2. An agreement under subsection 1 of this section must be: (1) In writing; and (2) Signed by bot…

452.1216. Nature of authority created by agreement. — 1. An agreement under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 is temporary and terminates pursuant to sections 452.1246 to 452.1252 after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that…

452.1218. Modification of agreement. — 1. By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to sections 452.1214 to 452.1222. 2. If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 of this section before deployment of a …

452.1220. Power of attorney. — A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all or part of custodial responsibility to an adult nonparent for the period of deployment if no other parent possesses custodial responsibility under law of this state other than sections 452.1…

452.1222. Filing agreement of power of attorney with court. — An agreement or power of attorney under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 must be filed within a reasonable time with any court that has entered an order on custodial responsibility or child support that is in effect conce…

452.1224. Definition. — In sections 452.1224 to 452.1244, "close and substantial relationship" means a relationship in which a significant bond exists between a child and a nonparent. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)

452.1226. Proceeding for temporary custody order. — 1. After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless prohibited by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.…

452.1228. Expedited hearing. — If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed under subsection 2 of section 452.1226 before a deploying parent deploys, the court shall conduct an expedited hearing. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)

452.1230. Testimony by electronic means. — In a proceeding under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244, a party or witness who is not reasonably available to appear personally may appear, provide testimony, and present evidence by electronic means unless the court finds good cause to req…

452.1232. Effect of prior judicial order or agreement. — In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant to sections 452.1224 to 452.1244, the following rules apply: (1) A prior judicial order designating custodial responsibility in the event of deployment is bin…

452.1234. Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent. — 1. On motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, if it is in the best interest of the child, a court may grant caretaking authority to a…

452.1236. Grant of limited contact. — On motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, unless the court finds that the contact would be contrary to the best interest of the child, a court shall grant limited conta…

452.1238. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order. — 1. A grant of authority under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 is temporary and terminates under sections 452.1246 to 452.1252 after the return from deployment of the deploying parent, unless the grant has been term…

452.1240. Content of temporary custody order. — 1. An order granting custodial responsibility under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 must: (1) Designate the order as temporary; and (2) Identify to the extent feasible the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment. 2. If…

452.1242. Order for child support. — If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244, or an agreement granting caretaking authority has been executed under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222, the court may enter a temporary order for ch…

452.1244. Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent. — 1. Except for an order under section 452.1232, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, and consistent with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. Appendix Sections 5…

452.1246. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement. — 1. At any time after return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 may be terminated by an agreement t…

452.1248. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. — At any time after a deploying parent returns from deployment, the deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a tempor…

452.1250. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility. — After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 or sections 452.1224 to 452…

452.1252. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. — 1. If an agreement between the parties to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 has not been filed, the or…

452.1254. Uniformity of application and construction. — In applying and construing sections 452.1200 to 452.1258, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)…

452.1256. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. — Sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 modify, limit, or supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede Secti…

452.1258. Savings clause. — Sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 do not affect the validity of a temporary court order concerning custodial responsibility during deployment which was entered before August 28, 2024. ­­-------- (L. 2024 S.B. 912)

452.130. Spouse abandoned, court to adjudge maintenance — execution to enforce. — When a person, without good cause, shall abandon his or her spouse, and refuse or neglect to maintain and provide for him or her, the circuit court, on his or her petition for that purpose, shall or…

452.140. No property exempt from attachment or execution, when. — No property shall be exempt from attachment or execution in a proceeding instituted by a person for maintenance, nor from attachment or execution upon a judgment or order issued to enforce a decree for alimony or f…

452.150. Services and earnings of unmarried minor children — custody and control of. — The father and mother living apart are entitled to an adjudication by the circuit court as to their powers, rights and duties in respect to the custody and control and the services and earnings…

452.160. Father and mother, parent, child, defined — how construed. — The terms of section 452.150 shall apply to children born out of wedlock and to children born in wedlock, and the terms "father and mother", "parent", "child", shall apply without reference to whether a child w…

452.170. Petition for enjoyment of spouse's separate estate, when. — If any married person shall hold real estate in his or her own right, and his or her spouse, by criminal conduct toward him or her, or by ill usage, shall give him or her cause to live separate and apart from hi…

452.180. Circuit court may make decree. — The circuit court, on due proof of such facts, may, in its discretion, make such order and decree in the premises as shall give such married person the sole use and benefit of such real estate, or such part thereof as it may think reasona…

452.190. Authorization by court to sell property. — When any married person shall abandon his or her spouse, or from worthlessness, drunkenness or other cause fail to make sufficient provision for his or her support, the circuit court of the county where he or she has his or her …

452.200. Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse. — Any married person may file a petition in the circuit court, setting forth that his or her spouse, from habitual intemperance, or any other cause, is about to squander and waste the property, money, c…

452.210. Court may authorize persons holding money of married person to pay spouse. — The court may also, upon the petition of such person, authorize any person holding money or other personal estate to which the spouse is entitled in his or her right to pay and deliver the same …

452.220. Married person entitled to proceeds of earnings of his or her minor children, when. — Such married person, during the period his or her spouse shall fail to provide for his or her support, as stated in section 452.130, shall be entitled to the proceeds of the earnings of…

452.230. Proceeds used for support of himself or herself and family. — All the proceeds of such sales, and all other money and personal estate which shall come to the hands of a person by force of the provisions of sections 451.250 to 451.300 and sections 452.130, 452.140, 452.17…

452.240. Filing of petition, proceedings. — The petition of a married person for any of the purposes before mentioned may be filed and the case heard and determined in the circuit court, and the like process and proceedings shall be had as in other civil suits triable before circ…

452.250. Proceedings on such petition — appeal allowed, when and where. — The same proceedings shall be had in relation to such petition as the law requires in other proceedings before circuit judges, and in relation to enforcing the orders and decrees, except that no appeal shal…

452.300. Procedure and venue. — 1. The rules of the supreme court and other applicable court rules shall govern all proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415. 2. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall b…

452.305. Judgment of dissolution, grounds for — legal separation, when — judgments to contain Social Security numbers. — 1. The court shall enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage if: (1) The court finds that one of the parties has been a resident of this state, or is a membe…

452.310. Petition, contents — service, how — rules to apply — defenses abolished — parenting plans submitted, when, content, exception. — 1. In any proceeding commenced pursuant to this chapter, the petition, a motion to modify, a motion for a family access order and a motion for…