Grounds for Divorce in Missouri

Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch & Crouch, Arlington, Virginia

- irretrievable breakdown of marriage relationship (court finds no reasonable likelihood that marriage can be preserved)
Code: 452.305, see also 452.310

Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997

A Missouri lawyer recently wrote, on a listerv I am on:
"Missouri has a 90-day residency requirement and a 30-day waiting period
after the petition is filed that is jurisdictional, but does not have a
mandatory separation period. She could file on one day's separation. A
Missouri divorce is a "Dissolution of Marriage" action."

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