Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXII. Courts § 487.060. Family court administrator--duties--compensation

(1) To contract for or employ other personnel, including clinical psychologists, social workers, mediators, support enforcement staff and a legal staff;

(2) To oversee, supervise and administer the services of the family court, such as the ordering and preparation of home studies, mediation services, psychological services and counseling;

(3) To enter into cooperative agreements with other circuits for various court services and facilities, with the prior approval of the circuit and associate circuit judges en banc in the respective circuits.

This section shall allow family court administrators, where it is efficient, to join together with other circuits that have a family court to contract for common facilities, such as detention facilities or other services for the efficient operation of the family court.