JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appeals court says a lower court judge
was wrong to order a woman to reveal her home address despite being in a program
that shields the addresses of abuse victims.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Thursday
praised the ruling.
Ashcroft’s office runs the Safe at Home program, which lets victims of domestic
violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking and other crimes keep their addresses
confidential by routing mail through a special post office box.
A St. Louis County judge in 2017 had ordered one participant to reveal her
actual address as part of a divorce case. The judge said the application failed
to include a sworn statement about the abuse.
Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals reversed that ruling Tuesday.
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