Statutory purpose
Educational sessions for dissolution or postjudgment proceedings involving custody or support.
Modules frame the course for dissolution, custody, support, paternity, and modification contexts.
Missouri circuit review needed - enrollment closed. Missouri acceptance is circuit/local-rule driven. This course is available for circuit review, but National Course Portal does not claim Missouri circuit approval until the circuit accepts or designates it.
Missouri Parent Education
Low-cost Missouri parent education prepared for local court review
Missouri Parent Education Foundations is a pending-review online course for Parents in Missouri dissolution, custody, support, paternity, or modification matters when the assigned circuit court allows an online parent education program. Enrollment, payment, and certificates stay closed until written court acceptance or listing guidance is received.
Florida-approved foundation: National Course Portal operates a Florida DCF-approved Parent Education and Family Stabilization course; this Missouri course adapts that approved parent-education framework to Missouri's circuit educational-session requirements.
Course length
3 hours / 180 minutes
Planned tuition
$17.95 standard / $9.95 reduced
Approval status
Court review required before enrollment
Credential basis
Built from a Florida DCF-approved parent-ed framework
Requirement fit
Built around RSMo Section 452.600
Missouri circuit courts must establish educational sessions for qualifying dissolution or postjudgment proceedings involving custody or support, or may designate a similar private or public program by local rule.
Child impact
Effects of dissolution of marriage on minor children.
Modules 2, 3, and 4 address child stress, restructuring, transitions, and keeping children out of adult conflict.
ADR
Benefits of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
Module 5 is dedicated to mediation and ADR benefits, limits, preparation, and safety-aware boundaries.
Private program path
A circuit may designate a similar private or public program by local rule.
Reviewer pages package the course for circuit/local-rule review with curriculum, certificate, and provider contact details.
30 minutes
Module 1. Missouri circuit-court orientation and local-rule fit
RSMo 452.600 purpose, circuit/local-rule acceptance, educational boundaries, and certificate-use limits.
30 minutes
Module 2. Effects of dissolution and separation on children
How dissolution, separation, and custody/support conflict can affect children and parenting routines.
30 minutes
Module 3. Communication and keeping children out of conflict
Child-focused communication, message boundaries, and conflict-reduction habits.
Lowest Price Guarantee
$17.95 planned standard tuition, with a price match for qualifying paid comparable courses
If a court accepts the course and a participant finds a lower current public price for a comparable paid Missouri online parent-education course, National Course Portal will match or beat the verified price before payment.
We review current public prices for comparable paid online parent-education or co-parenting courses.
The competitor price must be current, publicly visible, and include required certificate fees.
Free court-run seminars, nonprofit grant-funded programs, expired promotions, private coupon codes, and bundled attorney-provider pricing are not included.
If a qualifying paid comparable course is lower, we match or beat the verified public price before payment.
Court approval or local acceptance is separate from price matching; students should follow the ordering court's instructions.