Missouri Laws 210.118 – Court finding of abuse by preponderance of evidence, responsible party to ..
1. Except for actions under the uniform parentage act, sections 210.817 to 210.852, in any action under chapter 210 or 211 in which the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a party is responsible for child abuse or neglect, as those terms are defined in section 210.110, the clerk shall send a certified copy of the judgment or order to the children’s division and to the appropriate prosecuting attorney. Upon receipt of the order, the children’s division shall list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry.
2. In every case in which the person has pled guilty to or been found guilty of:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 210.118
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) A crime under section 565.020, 565.021, 565.023, 565.024, 565.050, 566.030, 566.060, or 567.050 and the victim is a child under eighteen years of age;
(2) Any other crime in chapter 566 if the victim is a child under eighteen years of age and the perpetrator is twenty-one years of age or older;
(3) A crime under section 568.020, 568.030, 568.045, 568.050, 568.060, 568.080*, 568.090*, 573.023, 573.025, 573.035, 573.037, 573.040, 573.200, or 573.205; or
(4) An attempt to commit any such crimes;
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the court shall enter an order directing the children’s division to list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry. The clerk shall send a certified copy of the order to the children’s division. Upon receipt of the order, the children’s division shall list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry.