Missouri Statutes
§ 211.121 — Failure to respond to summons, contempt — warrant for custodian of child.
Missouri § 211.121
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.121 (2026).
Text
If any person summoned by personal service fails without reasonable cause to appear, he may be proceeded against for contempt of court. In case the parties fail to obey the summons or, in any case when it appears to the court that the service will be ineffectual a capias may be issued for the parent or guardian, or for the child.
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Legislative History
(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.120)
Nearby Sections
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§ 211.011
Purpose of law — how construed.§ 211.021
Definitions.§ 211.025
Judge may direct any case be heard by commissioner (counties of the first class and St. Louis City).§ 211.027
Findings of commissioner, how submitted — notice of right to file motion for rehearing, how given.§ 211.029
Rehearing, motion filed when — judge may sustain or deny — commissioner's finding final, when.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 211.121, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/211/211.121.