HB 568 -- Protection of Children

Sponsor:  Stevenson

This bill changes the laws regarding the protection of minors
while in the custody of their parents.  The bill:

(1)  Prohibits a child under the care of the state or the
jurisdiction of a juvenile court from being reunited with a
parent or being placed back in the home with a parent who has
been found guilty or plead guilty to specific crimes of sexual
offenses or offenses against the family when the child was the
victim;

(2)  Allows the Children's Division to exercise discretion in
awarding custody or visitation or the placing of a child back in
the home of a parent, or any person residing in the home, who has
been found guilty or plead guilty to any other offense;

(3)  Removes when a parent has had a full order of protection
entered against them from the list of conditions preventing a
child from being returned to a parent;

(4)  Allows the juvenile officer or division to file termination
of parental rights when a noncustodial parent is delinquent in
the payment of child support in excess of $10,000;

(5)  Prohibits the court from awarding custody or unsupervised
visitation to a parent when that parent has been found guilty or
plead guilty to specific crimes of sexual offenses or offenses
against the family when the child was the victim; and

(6)  Prohibits the court from granting visitation rights to the
noncustodial parent if that parent or any person residing with
the parent has been found guilty or plead guilty to specific
crimes of sexual offenses or offenses against the family when the
child was the victim.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm