Missouri Laws 487.080 – Jurisdiction
Except as provided in section 487.130 and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the family court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters:
(1) All actions or proceedings governed by chapter 452 including but not limited to dissolution of marriage, legal separation, separate maintenance, child custody and modification actions;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 487.080
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Actions for annulment of marriage;
(3) Adoption actions and all actions and proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 453;
(4) Juvenile proceedings and all actions as provided for in chapter 211;
(5) Actions to establish the parent and child relationship, except actions to establish a person as an heir, devisee or trust beneficiary, and all actions provided for in chapter 210;
(6) Actions for determination of support duties and for enforcement of support, including actions under the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act and actions provided for in chapter 454. Family court personnel shall not duplicate any functions performed by the family support division or local prosecuting attorney but shall cooperate with the family support division or the local prosecuting attorney;
(7) Adult abuse and child protection actions and all actions provided for in chapter 455;
(8) Change of name actions;
(9) Marriage license waiting period waivers under chapter 451.