Judiciary committee advances three substitutes, including change to child-maintenance rule The Missouri House Judiciary Committee adopted House Committee substitutes and voted 'do pass' on three bills—House Bill 19-10 (child-maintenance change tied to certain DWI convictions), House Bill 31-16 (civil jurisprudence omnibus), and House Bill 3,289 (court operations with treatment court administrator).

The Missouri House Judiciary Committee has made significant strides by advancing three crucial bills, including a pivotal change to child maintenance laws for DWI convicts.

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Judiciary requests more staff and funding for treatment/mental-health courts and juvenile facilities; some opioid and pretrial funding reduced in governor rec. Supreme Court clerk Betsy Ledgerwood told legislators the judiciary needs additional FTEs for juvenile detention, mental-health courts and language access; the governor recommended some requests but cut opioid treatment funding and did not approve several NDIs; the judiciary says statutory pay obligations constrain options.

Missouri's judiciary is facing critical funding cuts while urgently requesting more resources for treatment courts and juvenile facilities—can they navigate these challenges?

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Missouri House Bill 435 updates circuit judges in twenty-fifth judicial circuit Bill establishes three circuit judges for counties in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit

A new bill is set to reshape the twenty-fifth judicial circuit in Missouri by adding three circuit judges—what does this mean for local justice?

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Missouri General Assembly approves $325M budget for judiciary and public defender system Legislature allocates $325.6 million for judiciary, public defenders, and infrastructure improvements.

Missouri’s legislature just approved a groundbreaking $325.6 million budget aimed at transforming the judiciary and public defender system!

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