2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451 Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women
Section 451.010. Marriage a civil contract.


MO Rev Stat § 451.010. What's This?

Marriage a civil contract.

451.010. Marriage is considered in law as a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential.

(RSMo 1939 3360)

Prior revisions: 1929 2973; 1919 7298; 1909 8279

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