SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON (Sponsor), BOUGH, RECTOR, WOOD, DEEKEN,
BIVINS, MUNZLINGER, DAVIS (19), EMERY, LEMBKE, MORRIS AND KELLY (36) (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time March 16, 2004, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 210, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to child custody.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 210, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 210.006, to read as follows:
210.006. No child shall be placed, either temporarily or permanently, by any agency of the state or any child placing agency with any person who, openly or notoriously or under circumstances known to the state agency or child placing agency, is engaged in a sexual relationship with another individual to whom such person is not married or who asserts a marital relationship with another individual to whom such person is not lawfully married under the laws of the state of Missouri. Before placing custody of a child with any person, either on a temporary or permanent basis or for adoption, any state agency or child placing agency shall have a duty to inquire of the person regarding the potential existence of such relationships.