FAMILY LAW

Missouri House of Representatives
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FAMILY LAW
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: Waives the state's sovereign immunity for purposes of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

: Allows for the termination of spousal maintenance based on cohabitation.

: Subjects the state to law suits concerning discrimination under the workers compensation law.

: Requires a substantial and continuing change in circumstances to modify child custody.

: Deems the court's ruling on a termination of parental rights as a final judgment for purposes of appeal.

: Allows adopted adults to have access to their original birth certificates without a court order.

: Modifies various provisions regarding grandparent visitation.

: Limits parental liability for the damages caused by the acts of seventeen year old children.

: Allows a parent to leave a child less than thirty days old in the custody of certain professionals without subjecting themselves to criminal or civil liability.

: Requires court to order counseling or psychological treatment for children who are cruel to animals and requires parents to pay for it.

: Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to supervise persons found guilty of misdemeanor criminal nonsupport.

: Revises the foster care reimbursement rate.

: Revises Uniform Arbitration Act.

: Requires parental consent to prescribe birth control to minors.

: Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services.

: Enacts the "Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002".

: Amends the notice provisions regarding liens on bank accounts for child support arrearages.

: Delineates the rights and responsibilities of foster parents.

: Modifies various provisions regarding the investigation of child abuse.

: Allows a parent to leave a child in the custody of a hospital without threat of criminal prosecution for child abandonment.

: Requires the Division of Child Support Enforcement to use the National Medical Support notice to enforce health benefit plan coverage required in child support orders.

: Modifies various provisions regarding the filing of orders of protection, including prohibiting the assessment of filing fees, court costs, or bond for orders of protection.

: Establishes covenant marriages in this state.

: Relieves a parent of financial responsibility for seventeen year old minors who do not reside with their parents with or without the parent's consent.

: Expands jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include paternity and guardianship for 17 year olds; allows transfer of dissolution cases in certain circumstances; adds methods of asserting paternity.

: Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rate over a three-year period.

: Requires entities providing foster care services to children who are wards of the state to be reimbursed at a rate equal to one hundred percent of their actual costs.

: Requires each additional one thousand dollars of support arrearage accrued in excess of five thousand dollars to be charged as a separate criminal nonsupport offense.

: Allows adopted persons over the age of 50 to obtain their original birth certificates.

: Requires the question of retention of family court commissioners in Clay County to be placed on ballot at every presidential election.

: Reduces the penalty for illegal transfer of a child and establishes statutory mitigating circumstances.

: Modifies the provisions regarding the imposition of a processing fee for child support orders.

: Establishes procedures for the designation of a standby guardian for a child.

: Makes technical modifications to paternity provisions.

: Modifies the provisions regarding the relocation of a child after dissolution of marriage.

: Modifies various provisions regarding the Putative Father Registry.

: Creates a joint committee to make a comprehensive analysis of the child abuse and neglect hotline system.

: Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rates over a three-year period.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Revises the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement law.

: Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Allows adopted persons over 50 to obtain original birth certificates.

: Modifies grandparent visitation provisions.

: Requires the Kansas City Firefighters Pension Fund to recognize domestic relations orders.

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