Section 27.27 Inconvenient Forum

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6. (§27.27) Inconvenient Forum

The MoUCCJEA permits Missouri courts to decline otherwise valid jurisdiction on the basis that, under the circumstances, the Missouri court is an inconvenient forum and a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. Section 452.770.1, RSMo Supp. 2011. Missouri courts are to consider the appropriateness of a court of another state exercising jurisdiction before determining whether the court is an inconvenient forum. Section...

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