454.160. If a court of this state believes that the obligor may flee, it may:
(1) As an initiating court, request in its certificate that the responding court obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process; or
(2) As a responding court, obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process. Thereupon it may release him upon his own recognizance or upon his giving a bond in an amount set by the court to assure his appearance at the hearing.
(L. 1959 S.B. 118, A.L. 1982 S.B. 468)
Missouri General Assembly