Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
FAMILY LAW


HB 1316 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Dusenberg, Gary
Declares a parent's right to make all health care and education decisions for their minor children and allows for reimbursement of property taxes for those who home school or attend a private school
HB 1357 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Prohibits any person who commits the crime of nonsupport of a spouse or child from being admitted on an excursion gambling boat or casino until the arrearage is satisfied
HB 1358 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will
Establishes the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
HB 1359 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Establishes the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
HB 1360 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
Changes the laws regarding the Interstate Family Support Act
HB 1572 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward
Defines "unknown father" as it relates to adoption, guardianship, and termination of parental rights and specifies that written consent is not required from an unknown father to terminate parental rights
HB 1640 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Establishes the Debbi Daniel Law which disallows court-ordered adoption decrees or a adoptive parents' or adoptee's request for a new birth certificate changing the name of a birth parent in an adoption
HB 1657 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese
Adds as a factor in determining child custody whether a parent is co-habitating or has overnight stays with an adult person who is not a spouse, adult child, or relative of the parent
HB 1829 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust
HB 1899 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda
Removes the requirement that a court appoint a guardian ad litem or advocate to represent a child victim after entry of an ex parte order of protection and allows it to be at the court's discretion
HB 1900 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda
Changes the laws regarding the relocation of a child by a custodial parent
HB 1944 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Donnelly, Margaret
Requires Social Security numbers collected in any application related to marriage or dissolution of marriage or legal separation to be forwarded to the appropriate state child support agency
HB 1989 --- Sponsor: Baker, Brian
Changes the laws regarding the termination of parental rights
HB 2322 --- Sponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.
Allows a person against whom a judgment of paternity and support has been entered to petition the circuit court to set aside the judgment in the interest of justice based on certain facts
HB 2344 --- Sponsor: Viebrock, James
Changes the amount of child support arrearages that result in the imposition of a lien blocking the issuance of certificate of ownership for motor vehicles, boats, motors, manufactured homes, and trailers
HB 2389 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed
Authorizes counties to assess a fee on all civil case filings by the circuit court to provide funding to qualified nonprofit organizations to implement a neutral site child custody exchange program
HB 2464 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Yaeger, Patricia
Raises the age of a child at which the parent's obligation to pay child support terminates and repeals provisions terminating child support when certain children receive failing grades in college
HB 2476 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Funderburk, Doug
Abolishes ex parte orders of protection
HB 2501 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward
Changes the laws regarding protections for children and abuse victims
HB 2508 --- Sponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David
Requires the state to make a good faith attempt to locate the grandparents of a child for emergency placement and requires the grandparents to be given first preference as foster parents
SB 776 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
SB 849 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
Gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court
SB 1006 --- Sponsor: Koster, Chris
Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
SB 1054 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction
SB 1132 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances
SB 1147 --- Sponsor: Koster, Chris
Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity

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