2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 452 Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance
452.855. Temporary visitation.

Temporary visitation.

452.855. 1. Sections 452.850 to 452.915 may be invoked to enforce:

(1) A child custody determination; and

(2) An order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

2. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing:

(1) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or

(2) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.

3. If a court of this state makes an order under subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section, the court shall specify in the order a period of time which it considers adequate to allow the person seeking the order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under sections 452.740 to 452.845. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other state or the period expires.

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)

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