Bill > HB2308

This bill establishes new legal provisions for ordering additional parenting time when a parent has been denied court-ordered visitation. Specifically, the bill allows courts to award compensatory parenting time to a parent who was previously prevented from seeing their child, with some important conditions. If parenting time was denied due to an investigation by an agency like the children's division of social services, or because of a protective order that did not result in a finding of abuse or neglect, the court must order additional parenting time unless there is good cause not to do so. The additional parenting time must match the type and duration of the originally denied visitation, and can include weekday, weekend, holiday, or vacation time. The parent who was denied visitation gets to choose the specific times for the make-up parenting time, subject to the child's best interests, and this additional time must be completed within two years of the court's determination of the denial. Importantly, the bill explicitly states that these provisions do not create a legal cause of action against investigative agencies and do not waive sovereign immunity for government entities or employees.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2308&year=2026&code=R