SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS (110).
Read 1st time January 29, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 455.513, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to orders of protection.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 455.513, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 455.513, to read as follows:
455.513. 1. Upon the filing of a verified petition under sections 455.500 to 455.538, for good cause shown in the petition, and upon finding that no prior order regarding custody is pending or has been made, the court may immediately issue an ex parte order of protection. An immediate and present danger of abuse to a child shall constitute good cause for purposes of this section. An ex parte order of protection entered by the court shall be in effect until the time of the hearing.
2. Upon the entry of the ex parte order of protection, the court [shall] may enter its order appointing a guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate to represent the child victim. 3. If the allegations in the petition would give rise to jurisdiction under section 211.031, RSMo, the court may direct the division of family services to conduct an investigation and to provide appropriate services. The division shall submit a written investigative report to the court and to the juvenile officer within thirty days of being ordered to do so. The report shall be made available to the parties and the guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate.
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