Missouri
MissouriMissouriThe followingcapsule summary of the law in this state related to divorce maybe helpful to you. These brief statements are not meant tosubstitute for legal consultation, but rather to highlight themain issues to consider. Divorce Law GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Grounds: None listed. Residency: Either party must be aresident. Waiting Period: No decreeimmediately final. No Fault: Irretrievable breakdown. Defenses: Abolished by 452.310. Code Section: 452 CHILD CUSTODY
Uniform Child Custody Act:1978
Joint Custody:Yes, 452.375
Grandparent Visitation:Yes, 452.402
Child's Wishes Considered:Yes COD 452.375
MARITAL PROPERTY
Community Property: No ANNULMENT AND PROHIBITEDMARRIAGE Grounds: No statutory provisions. Time Limitation: None listed. Legitimacy of Children: None listed. Prohibited Marriages: Betweenancestor and descendant, brother and sister, uncle and niece,aunt and nephew, first cousins; between persons lacking capacityto consummate; previous marriage undissolved. RESOURCES American Arbitration Association
Kansas City Regional Office
1101 Walnut St., Ste. 903
Kansas City, MO 64106-2110
Phone: (816)221-6401
Fax: (816)471-5264
Lori A. Madden, Dir. American Arbitration Association
St. Louis Regional Office
1 Mercantile Center, Ste. 2512
St. Louis, MO 63101-1614
Phone: (314)621-7175
Fax: (314)621-3730
Neil Moldenhauer, Reg. VP Missouri Bar
326 Monroe
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (314)635-4128
Fax: (314)635-2811 Missouri Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records
1730 E. Elm St.
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (314)751-6400
Responds to public inquiries for birth and death records datedfrom 1910. Charges $5 for certified copies. For local birth anddeath records dated from 1870 (recording voluntary until 1910),contact Bureau of Vital Records, 634 N. Grand, Rm. 306, PO Box14702, St. Louis, MO 63178, (314)658-1132. Fee of $3 each. TheBureau of Vital Statistics, City Hall, 21st Fl. Kansas City, MO64106-2103, (816)274-1427, has local birth and death records from1874 (recording voluntary until 1910). Charges $6 first copy, and$3 for each additional copy. Marriages are filed with the countyrecorders, and divorces are filed with clerks of the circuitcourts. Central index of marriages and divorces located in Bureauof Vital Records, Missouri Department of Health, since July 1948.For all inquiries, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Missouri Division of Child SupportEnforcement
Department of Social Services
PO Box 1527
227 Metro Dr.
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1527
Phone: (314)751-4301
Fax: (314)751-8450 Missouri Division of Finance
PO Box 716
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (314)751-3242
Earl L. Manning, Commnr. Missouri Insurance Department
301 W. High St., Rm. 630
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (314)751-4126
Free: 800-726-7390
J. Angoff, Dir. Missouri Self-Help Clearinghouse
Greater St. Louis Mental-Health Association
1905 S. Grand
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: (314)773-1399
Peggy Corski, Coordinator Office of Child Support EnforcementRegional Representative (Missouri)
Federal Bldg., Rm. 276
601 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: (816)426-3584 Support Group Clearinghouse, Kansas CityArea
Kansas City Assn. for Mental Health
1009 Baltimore, 5th Fl.
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816)472-4357
Julie Broyle, Coordinator © 1997 Flying Solo™. All rights reserved. Legal Notices
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