Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.165

Penalty for violation

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 210–210 (215 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case American Home Assurance Co. v. Pope (2007)

Most recently applied in American Home Assurance Co. v. Pope (June 2007)

Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote; (L. 1975 H.B. 578 § 12, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1986 S.B. 470, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision merged with S.B. 491)

1. Any person violating any provision of sections 210.110 to 210.165 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

2. Any person who intentionally files a false report of child abuse or neglect shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

3. Every person who has been previously convicted of making a false report to the children's division or its predecessor agency, the division of family services, and who is subsequently convicted of making a false report under subsection 2 of this section is guilty of a class E felony and shall be punished as provided by law.

4. Evidence of prior convictions of false reporting shall be heard by the court, out of the hearing of the jury, prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and the court shall determine the existence of the prior convictions.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.