Terms Used In Missouri Laws 475.525

  • 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.

Except as otherwise provided in section 475.524, a court that has appointed a guardian or issued a protective order consistent with sections 475.501 to 475.555 has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.