Modifies penalties relating to criminal offenses involving the custody of children

This bill changes the penalties for interference with child custody and parental kidnapping in Missouri. It increases the severity of these crimes, making interference with custody a Class E felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor, and parental kidnapping a Class D felony instead of a Class E felony, with higher penalties for longer periods of concealment. The bill also allows courts to order the convicted person to pay restitution for expenses incurred while searching for or returning the child.

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