Section 210.118 - Court finding of abuse by preponderance of evidence, responsible party to be listed in registry - procedure1. 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: (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; 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.
Added by 2016 Mo. Laws, HB 1877,s A, eff. 8/28/2016.