Missouri Family Law FAQs
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What is Joint Custody?
It is a plan in which parents get court permission to share the decisionmaking responsibilities and sometimes also share the physical custody of the children. … more -
What is Support/Maintenance?
Before the judge decides how much support is needed for either spouse, he will think about: how long the husband and wife have been married; the ages of the husband … more -
What is Dissolution?
It is another name for divorce. It is a legal ending of the marriage, so that both spouses become single again. Neither spouse may marry within 40 days after the … more -
Does Missouri Have a No-Fault Divorce Law?
Yes and no. Generally, one person doesn`t have to prove that the other one is at fault in order to get a divorce. But sometimes fault must be proven to help the court … more -
What is Annulment?
A decision by the court that the marriage was not legal from the beginning. more
