Missouri Laws 210.635 v2 – Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 210.635 v2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution of or in another state pursuant to Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article IV thereof.