Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 211

Juvenile Courts

←211.411

Section 211.421.1

211.425→

August 28, 2015

Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders of court.

211.421. 1. After any child has come under the care or control of the

juvenile court as provided in this chapter, any person who thereafter

encourages, aids, or causes the child to commit any act or engage in any

conduct which would be injurious to the child's morals or health or who

knowingly or negligently disobeys, violates or interferes with a lawful order

of the court with relation to the child, is guilty of contempt of court, and

shall be proceeded against as now provided by law and punished by

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months or by a

fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.



2. If it appears at a juvenile court hearing that any person seventeen

years of age or over has violated section 568.045 or 568.050 by endangering

the welfare of a child, the judge of the juvenile court shall refer the

information to the prosecuting or circuit attorney, as the case may be, for

appropriate proceedings.



(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.330, A.L. 1999 H.B. 359 merged with S.B. 237)







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