Focus on Kids is a workshop to help parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on Kids satisfies Missouri's educational requirement for parents who are divorcing or filing a motion to modify. It is conducted in cooperation with Missouri’s circuit courts.
25th Circuit Court Focus on Kids Attendance Rules
- Payment of $50 in the form of a money order or cash is required by the close of business on the last workday prior to the scheduled class.
- Parents are required to attend separate classes.
- Childcare is not provided, so children are not allowed to attend.
- The class will last 2.5 hours and participants must be there for the entirety of the class. To meet the requirements for attending the Focus on Kids class, a participant must both sign-in when they arrive at the class and sign-out before they leave. If a participant does not sign-in and sign-out of the class, they will be considered void for attending the class and must register, pay, and attend a new class. If a participant is more than 15 minutes late for the class, they void their attendance for that class and must register, pay, and attend a new class.
- If you need to reschedule, you must do so at least 2 hours before the class you are scheduled to attend. If you fail to call at least 2 hours before your scheduled class, you will be required to pay again to take the class and fees will be forfeited.
- To register and pay for the class, call the Phelps County Extension Office at 573-458-6260.
- After completion of the Focus on Kids Training, you will have earned a certificate of completion for you to submit to your lawyer and to the court to be placed in the individual’s folder.
- Classes may be canceled due to low enrollment.
2025 Schedule
Osage County (odd months)
To Register Contact:
Osage County Extension Office
573-897-2597 ext 351
osageco@missouri.edu
Class Location: Osage County Library Classroom
22 Library Lane Linn, Missouri 65051
4:00-6:30 p.m.
1/21/25
3/18/25
5/20/25
7/15/25
9/16/25
11/18/25
Gasconade County (even months)
To Register Contact:
Gasconade County Extension Office
573-437-2165
gasconadeco@missouri.edu
Class Location:
Gasconade County Farm Bureau Meeting Room
1106 West Hwy. 28
Owensville, MO 65066
4:00-6:30 p.m.
2/19/25
4/16/25
6/18/25
8/20/25
10/15/25
12/17/25
Phelps County
To Register Contact:
Phelps County Extension Office
573 458-6260
Class Location:
Phelps County Extension Office Conference Room
200 N. Main
Rolla, Missouri 65401
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
1/2/25
2/6/25
3/6/25
4/3/25
5/1/25
6/5/25
7/3/25
8/7/25
9/4/25
10/2/25
11/6/25
12/4/25
