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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 211.121

  • Child: means any person under eighteen years of age. See Missouri Laws 211.021
  • parent: means the mother. See Missouri Laws 211.021
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

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.